Definition of overwhelm

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

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Break :: Break (v. i.) To be crushed, or overwhelmed with sorrow or grief; as, my heart is breaking..
Overlay :: Overlay (v. t.) To lay, or spread, something over or across; hence, to cover; to overwhelm; to press excessively upon..
Overwhelm :: Overwhelm (v. t.) To project or impend over threateningly.
Demersion :: Demersion (n.) The state of being overwhelmed in water, or as if in water..
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..
Amaze :: Amaze (v. t.) To confound, as by fear, wonder, extreme surprise; to overwhelm with wonder; to astound; to astonish greatly..
Indrench :: Indrench (v. t.) To overwhelm with water; to drench; to drown.
Drown :: Drown (v. t.) To overwhelm in water; to submerge; to inundate.
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..
Ingulf :: Ingulf (v. t.) To swallow up or overwhelm in, or as in, a gulf; to cast into a gulf. See Engulf..
Amazement :: Amazement (n.) The condition of being amazed; bewilderment [Obs.]; overwhelming wonder, as from surprise, sudden fear, horror, or admiration..
Overwhelm :: Overwhelm (n.) The act of overwhelming.
Overwhelming :: Overwhelming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overwhel.
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.
Deluge :: Deluge (n.) Fig.: Anything which overwhelms, or causes great destruction..
Quench :: Quench (v. t.) To extinguish; to overwhelm; to make an end of; -- said of flame and fire, of things burning, and figuratively of sensations and emotions; as, to quench flame; to quench a candle; to quench thirst, love, hate, etc..
Crushing :: Crushing (a.) That crushes; overwhelming.
Hell :: Hell (v. t.) To overwhelm.
Swamp :: Swamp (v. t.) Fig.: To plunge into difficulties and perils; to overwhelm; to ruin; to wreck.
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