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whelm::verb | Spocien Dictionary

whelm
verb
/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

Examples of whelm

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His signing may under whelm a number of fans across the country but try taking a look at the Ipswich fans forums.
From the expressandstar.com
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
More examples
  • Overwhelm: overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli
  • The Well of Echoes is a quartet of novels written by Ian Irvine and is the second arc of The Three Worlds Cycle series.
  • To cover with water; to submerge; To overcome with emotion
  • To cover or engulf completely, usually with disastrous effect.
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