SWAMP (2)

Swamp (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Swamped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Swamping.] 1. 1. To plunge or sink into a swamp.
2. 2. (Naut.) To cause (a boat) to become filled with water; to capsize or sink by whelming with water.
3. 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.