Definition of overwhelm

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

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Amazement :: Amazement (n.) The condition of being amazed; bewilderment [Obs.]; overwhelming wonder, as from surprise, sudden fear, horror, or admiration..
Hell :: Hell (v. t.) To overwhelm.
Vituperate :: Vituperate (v. t.) To find fault with; to scold; to overwhelm with wordy abuse; to censure severely or abusively; to rate.
Deluge :: Deluge (n.) Fig.: Anything which overwhelms, or causes great destruction..
Overwhelmed :: Overwhelmed (imp. & p. p.) of Overwhel.
Demersion :: Demersion (n.) The state of being overwhelmed in water, or as if in water..
Crush :: Crush (v. t.) To overwhelm by pressure or weight; to beat or force down, as by an incumbent weight..
Break :: Break (v. i.) To be crushed, or overwhelmed with sorrow or grief; as, my heart is breaking..
Overwhelm :: Overwhelm (n.) The act of overwhelming.
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..
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.
Amaze :: Amaze (v. t.) To confound, as by fear, wonder, extreme surprise; to overwhelm with wonder; to astound; to astonish greatly..
Overpress :: Overpress (v. t.) To bear upon with irresistible force; to crush; to overwhelm.
Confute :: Confute (v. t.) To overwhelm by argument; to refute conclusively; to prove or show to be false or defective; to overcome; to silence.
Nightmare :: Nightmare (n.) Hence, any overwhelming, oppressive, or stupefying influence..
Overlay :: Overlay (v. t.) To lay, or spread, something over or across; hence, to cover; to overwhelm; to press excessively upon..
Deluge :: Deluge (v. t.) To overflow with water; to inundate; to overwhelm.
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..
Flush :: Flush (v. t.) To cause to be full; to flood; to overflow; to overwhelm with water; as, to flush the meadows; to flood for the purpose of cleaning; as, to flush a sewer..
Atlantean :: Atlantean (a.) Of or pertaining to the isle Atlantis, which the ancients allege was sunk, and overwhelmed by the ocean..
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