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Swamp (Verb)

Drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged; "The tsunami swamped every boat in the harbor".

Verbs of raining, snowing, thawing, thundering.

Heavy rainfall swamped the entire city, causing widespread flooding and power outages.
The sudden storm swamped our small sailboat, forcing us to seek shelter on a nearby island.
Water from the burst dam swamped the village, destroying homes and crops.
The unexpected wave swamped the ship, leaving many passengers stranded at sea.
Flooding from the broken levee swamped the downtown area, displacing thousands of residents.

Fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid; "the basement was inundated after the storm"; "The images flooded his mind".

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.

The small town's emergency services were quickly swamped with calls during the intense storm.
Inundated by the sudden rain, the river banks began to swamp the nearby village.
The sudden influx of refugees threatened to swamp the nation's immigration services.
A rapid influx of customers began to swamp the newly launched online store.
Rescue teams were swamped by the vast scale of the coastal disaster.