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overwhelm
Found in thesaurus: kindle, elicit, enkindle, provoke, evoke, raise, arouse, fire, burden, saddle, charge, spread over, cover, beat out, trounce, shell, beat, vanquish, crush
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overwhelm
v.
overpower, defeat; master; crush; stagger; stun, daze; flood, engulf
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overwhelm
Verb
1. overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli
(synonym) overpower, sweep over, whelm, overcome, overtake
(hypernym) arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke
(hyponym) devastate
2. charge someone with too many tasks
(synonym) deluge, flood out
(hypernym) charge, saddle, burden
3. cover completely or make imperceptible; "I was drowned in work"; "The noise drowned out her speech"
(synonym) submerge, drown
(hypernym) cover, spread over
4. overcome by superior force
(synonym) overpower, overmaster
(hypernym) beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish
(hyponym) steamroller, steamroll
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overwhelm
v.
zavalit; ohromit
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overwhelm
Czas.
przytłaczać; druzgotać; zasypywać; obezwładniać
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Overwhelm
(v. t.)
To project or impend over threateningly.
To project or impend over threateningly.
(v. t.)
To cover over completely, as by a great wave; to overflow and bury beneath; to ingulf; hence, figuratively, to immerse and bear down; to overpower; to crush; to bury; to oppress, etc., overpoweringly.
To cover over completely, as by a great wave; to overflow and bury beneath; to ingulf; hence, figuratively, to immerse and bear down; to overpower; to crush; to bury; to oppress, etc., overpoweringly.
(v. t.)
To cause to surround, to cover.
To cause to surround, to cover.
(n.)
The act of overwhelming.
The act of overwhelming.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. About
