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swamping |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Swamp \Swamp\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Swamped}; p. pr & vb n. {Swamping}.] 1. To plunge or sink into a swamp. 2. (Naut.) To cause (a boat) to become filled with water; to capsize or sink by whelming with water. 3. Fig.: To plunge into difficulties and perils; to overwhelm; to ruin; to wreck. The Whig majority of the house of Lords was swamped by the creation of twelve Tory peers. --J. R. Green. Having swamped himself in following the ignis fatuus of a theory. --Sir W. Hamilton.
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