"swamps" in the noun sense
1. swamp, swampland
low land that is seasonally flooded has more woody plants than a marsh and better drainage than a bog
2. swamp
a situation fraught with difficulties and imponderables
"he was trapped in a medical swamp"
"swamps" in the verb sense
1. swamp, drench
drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged
"The tsunami swamped every boat in the harbor"
2. deluge, flood, inundate, swamp
fill quickly beyond capacity as with a liquid
"the basement was inundated after the storm"
"The images flooded his mind"
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