Meanings
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of swamp
nounswamping (plural swampings)
plural swampings
- An act of swamping (drenching or filling with water).
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.
2007 February 4, Andrew C. Revkin, “A Disaster Epic (in Slo-Mo)”, in New York Times
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“swamping.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/swamping. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “swamping,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/swamping.
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