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swamped

verb
  1. To drench or fill with water.

    "The boat was swamped in the storm."

  2. To overwhelm; to make too busy, or overrun the capacity of.

    "I have been swamped with paperwork ever since they started using the new system."

  3. To plunge into difficulties and perils; to overwhelm; to ruin; to wreck.

adjective
  1. Very busy; having too much to do

    "They have been swamped ever since they started advertising."

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