Definition of overwhelm

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Overwhelm (v. t.) To project or impend over threateningly.

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Overflow :: Overflow (v. t.) To flow over; to cover woth, or as with, water or other fluid; to spread over; to inundate; to overwhelm..
Overwhelming :: Overwhelming (a.) Overpowering; irresistible.
Ingulf :: Ingulf (v. t.) To swallow up or overwhelm in, or as in, a gulf; to cast into a gulf. See Engulf..
Overlay :: Overlay (v. t.) To lay, or spread, something over or across; hence, to cover; to overwhelm; to press excessively upon..
Indrench :: Indrench (v. t.) To overwhelm with water; to drench; to drown.
Drown :: Drown (v. t.) To overwhelm in water; to submerge; to inundate.
Crushing :: Crushing (a.) That crushes; overwhelming.
Woe-begone :: Woe-begone (a.) Beset or overwhelmed with woe; immersed in grief or sorrow; woeful.
Sink :: Sink (v. i.) To be overwhelmed or depressed; to fall slowly, as so the ground, from weakness or from an overburden; to fail in strength; to decline; to decay; to decrease..
Swamp :: Swamp (v. t.) Fig.: To plunge into difficulties and perils; to overwhelm; to ruin; to wreck.
Deluge :: Deluge (v. t.) To overflow with water; to inundate; to overwhelm.
Deluge :: Deluge (n.) Fig.: Anything which overwhelms, or causes great destruction..
Amazement :: Amazement (n.) The condition of being amazed; bewilderment [Obs.]; overwhelming wonder, as from surprise, sudden fear, horror, or admiration..
Whelm :: Whelm (v. t.) To cover with water or other fluid; to cover by immersion in something that envelops on all sides; to overwhelm; to ingulf.
Overwhelming :: Overwhelming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overwhel.
Overwhelm :: Overwhelm (v. t.) To cause to surround, to cover..
Overwhelm :: Overwhelm (n.) The act of overwhelming.
Overwhelmed :: Overwhelmed (imp. & p. p.) of Overwhel.
Atlantean :: Atlantean (a.) Of or pertaining to the isle Atlantis, which the ancients allege was sunk, and overwhelmed by the ocean..
Overwhelm :: Overwhelm (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..
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