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Words related to swamp

Related / Similar Words: swampland, deluge, flood, inundate, drench

Definition:

low land that is seasonally flooded; has more woody plants than a marsh and better drainage than a bog;

a situation fraught with difficulties and imponderables; "he was trapped in a medical swamp";

fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid; "the basement was inundated after the storm"; "The images flooded his mind";

drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged; "The tsunami swamped every boat in the harbor";

See Also: flood in

Hyponyms: Everglades, Okefenokee Swamp, slough

Derivational Morphology: drench, flood, inundation, deluge, torrent, alluvion, flowage, implosion therapy, flooding, downpour, cloudburst, waterspout, pelter, soaker, swampland

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