overcome


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overcome
v. overpower; succeed in facing up to a problem or difficulty; defeat; overwhelm; subdue
 
adj. overwhelmed, stunned, shocked, inundated

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Verb
1. win a victory over; "You must overcome all difficulties"; "defeat your enemies"; "He overcame his shyness"; "She conquered here fear of mice"; "He overcame his infirmity"; "Her anger got the better of her and she blew up"
(synonym) get the better of, defeat
(hyponym) demolish, destroy
(derivation) subduer, surmounter, overcomer
2. get on top of; deal with successfully; "He overcame his shyness"
(synonym) get over, subdue, surmount, master
(hypernym) get the better of, defeat
(hyponym) bulldog
3. overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli
(synonym) overwhelm, overpower, sweep over, whelm, overtake
(hypernym) arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke
(hyponym) devastate
4. overcome, usually through no fault or weakness of the person that is overcome; "Heart disease can get the best of us"
(synonym) get the best, have the best
(hypernym) get the better of, defeat

Adjective
1. rendered powerless especially by an excessive amount or profusion of something; "a desk flooded with applications"; "felt inundated with work"; "too much overcome to notice"; "a man engulfed by fear"; "swamped by work"
(synonym) flooded, inundated, overpowered, overwhelmed, swamped, engulfed
(similar) powerless, weak


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overcome
v. překonat; přemoct koho

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overcome
Czas. przezwyciężać; pokonywać; ogarniać; przytłaczać