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whelm::verb | Spocien Dictionary

whelm

/hwɛlm/

overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli

Type	Words
Synonyms	overcome, overpower, overtake, overwhelm, sweep over
Type of	enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, provoke, raise, elicit, arouse
Has types	seize, stagger, benight, clutch, devastate, get hold of, kill, knock out, lock

whelm

His signing may under whelm a number of fans across the country but try taking a look at the Ipswich fans forums.

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We spend 35 billion not to over whelm you.

From the economist.com

In it his flair for the spectacular, the mod and the grotesque is overwhelming, in ways that admittedly may whelm some more than others.

From the time.com

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Overwhelm: overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli
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