Definition: low land that is seasonally flooded; has more woody plants than a marsh and better drainage than a bog
Main entry: swamp
Definition: a situation fraught with difficulties and imponderables
Usage: he was trapped in a medical swamp
Main entry: swamp, flood, inundate, deluge
Definition: fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid
Usage: the basement was inundated after the storm; The images flooded his mind
Definition: drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged
Usage: The tsunami swamped every boat in the harbor