Swamping
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Swamping is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of swamp.
Meaning
present participle and gerund of swamp.
More Meanings
- An act of swamping (drenching or filling with water).
Example Sentences
Before the report’s arrival on Friday, the consequences of global warming had been epically imagined — New Orleans-style swampings by superstorms, the specter of an Arctic meltdown and a water gush that would block heat-toting currents in the Atlantic Ocean and trigger an abrupt European cool-down.
Word Forms
- swampings
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include flood, deluge, inundate, drench, invasion, inundating.
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