Courts and probation officers were too swamped to handle the necessary paperwork and rebut the legal challenges to such harsh penalties.
Analysts say this problem has been resolved, but the shipping industry has since been swamped by the global trade contraction.
Slowly his car was swamped down the lake.
But is the kingdom really in danger of being swamped?
The boat began to lighten, and no fresh wave swamped us.
In other words, whatever innate differences two people may exhibit in their abilities to memorize, those differences are swamped by how well each person "encodes" the information.
The radiation "signal" is weak, easily swamped by other factors that degrade health, such as smoking, alcoholism, and poor nutrition.