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overwhelm::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | drown, submerge |
| Type of | spread over, cover |
overwhelm::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | overmaster, overpower |
| Type of | trounce, shell, beat, vanquish, crush, beat out |
| Has types | steamroll, steamroller |
Examples of overwhelm
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My personal guess, though I don't know, is the cost will overwhelm any benefits.
From the businessweek.com
The final six games could overwhelm the Wolfpack unless the defense tightens up.
From the charlotteobserver.com
The tunes are too diffuse to overwhelm or transport, as the Super Furries might.
From the independent.co.uk
It respects the creativity of the customers, whom designers choose to overwhelm.
From the theaustralian.com.au
They don't overwhelm you, but good luck trying to find a layover in that lineup.
From the newsday.com
The purpose of the manuscripts are to teach, entertain and overwhelm the senses.
From the latimes.com
Your mistake was allowing your attraction to Craig to overwhelm your good sense.
From the philly.com
It is lively and colorful, with a small pattern that doesn't overwhelm the room.
From the thenewstribune.com
He could let despair overwhelm him, or he could shove it aside and push forward.
From the boston.com
- Overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli
- Charge someone with too many tasks
- Submerge: cover completely or make imperceptible; "I was drowned in work"; "The noise drowned out her speech"
- Overpower: overcome by superior force
- Overwhelmed is the fourth album in the Worship series of Christian Contemporary music by Hillsong Church.
- To engulf, surge-over and submerge; To overpower, crush; To overpower emotionally
- (Overwhelmed) feeling as though there is too much to do or remember
- (Overwhelmed) Capsized or foundered.
- Old English for capsize or founder.
