swamped
Example Sentences
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Neither investors nor industry can get enough of the precious metal, while a glut of oil has swamped energy markets and depressed fuel prices.
Replacements Tom Jordan and George Horne were left on the Scotland bench as they were swamped by wave after wave of blue-and-white attack.
From BBC
Another obvious problem is that employees are swamped with far too many unproductive, virtual meetings.
But the second wave easily overtopped a flood barrier and swamped all six.
From Literature
On April 2, the nation’s largest subprime mortgage lender, New Century, was swamped by defaults and filed for bankruptcy.
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
