swamp

Meanings

• 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"
• drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged
  • "The tsunami swamped every boat in the harbor"
• fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid

Synonyms

deluge, drench, flood, inundate, swampland