silted

verb

past tense of silt
as in flooded

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  1. flooded
  2. filled
  3. inundated
  4. glutted
  5. swamped
Verb
  • Upon hearing the news, East Germans flooded to the wall’s checkpoints, demanding to cross.
    — Tracy Grant, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 Aug. 2026
  • By nearly every measure, President Claudia Sheinbaum is taking the fight to the cartels that have flooded America’s streets for decades.
    — Chris Shays, Hartford Courant, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of flooded
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  • Staffers filled the bubble near Beaver Stadium in the winter and Pegula Ice Rink in the spring with an everything-must-go Nike clean out.
    — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026
  • This season is filled with last minute shopping, new routines and the painstaking transition from being up all night to early morning alarms once again.
    — Joy Harden Bradford, AJC.com, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of filled
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  • Stefanski, now the Falcons’ first-year coach, was inundated with a practice style rooted in contact.
    — Daniel Flick, AJC.com, 7 Aug. 2026
  • The clinics have been inundated with miners in the wake of coal mine closures.
    — Howard Berkes, NPR, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of inundated
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  • The walls are glutted with oil portraits, and antiques sourced from l’Isle-sur-Sorgue are the real thing; staff are dressed in somewhat cumbersome costume (medieval-style bodices and straw boaters) but ever attentive.
    — Matt Ortile, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 June 2026
  • It’s glutted with supporting characters, and the plot still eddies through a series of clearly episodic incidents.
    — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 21 Apr. 2026
Definition of glutted
Verb
  • The Word document was like a trail swamped with mud after torrential rain.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Aug. 2026
  • The boat rolled up out of the sea, but was practically submerged, swamped and sluggish, and the skipper floated free of her.
    — JAMES D. OXLEY, Outdoor Life, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of swamped
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“Silted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/silted. Accessed 13 Aug. 2026.

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