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swamp

(sw/A/mp )

low land that is seasonally flooded; has more woody plants than a marsh and better drainage than a bog(noun.object)

Synonym:
swampland

source: wordnet30
a situation fraught with difficulties and imponderables(noun.state)

Example:
He was trapped in a medical swamp.

source: wordnet30
Wet, spongy land; soft, low ground saturated with water, but not usually covered with it; marshy ground away from the seashore.(noun)

source: webster1913

drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged(verb.weather)

Example:
The tsunami swamped every boat in the harbor.

Synonym:
drench

source: wordnet30
fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid(verb.contact)

Synonym:
deluge, flood, inundate

source: wordnet30
To plunge or sink into a swamp.(verb)

source: webster1913
To sink or stick in a swamp; figuratively, to become involved in insuperable difficulties.(verb)

source: webster1913

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