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

[ Syn: swampland ]

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

[ Syn: drench ]

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

[ Syn: deluge , flood , inundate ]