Definition of overwhelm

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Overwhelm (v. t.) To cause to surround, to cover..

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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..
Crushing :: Crushing (a.) That crushes; overwhelming.
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.
Hell :: Hell (v. t.) To overwhelm.
Overflow :: Overflow (v. t.) To flow over; to cover woth, or as with, water or other fluid; to spread over; to inundate; to overwhelm..
Deluge :: Deluge (v. t.) To overflow with water; to inundate; to overwhelm.
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..
Nightmare :: Nightmare (n.) Hence, any overwhelming, oppressive, or stupefying influence..
Swamp :: Swamp (v. t.) Fig.: To plunge into difficulties and perils; to overwhelm; to ruin; to wreck.
Crush :: Crush (v. t.) To overwhelm by pressure or weight; to beat or force down, as by an incumbent weight..
Overwhelm :: Overwhelm (n.) The act of overwhelming.
Ingulf :: Ingulf (v. t.) To swallow up or overwhelm in, or as in, a gulf; to cast into a gulf. See Engulf..
Overwhelm :: Overwhelm (v. t.) To cause to surround, to cover..
Overwhelming :: Overwhelming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overwhel.
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..
Demersion :: Demersion (n.) The state of being overwhelmed in water, or as if in water..
Overwhelm :: Overwhelm (v. t.) To project or impend over threateningly.
Deluge :: Deluge (v. t.) To overwhelm, as with a deluge; to cover; to overspread; to overpower; to submerge; to destroy; as, the northern nations deluged the Roman empire with their armies; the land is deluged with woe..
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