Definition of overwhelm

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Overwhelm (n.) The act of overwhelming.

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Indrench :: Indrench (v. t.) To overwhelm with water; to drench; to drown.
Nightmare :: Nightmare (n.) Hence, any overwhelming, oppressive, or stupefying influence..
Overpress :: Overpress (v. t.) To bear upon with irresistible force; to crush; to overwhelm.
Amaze :: Amaze (v. t.) To confound, as by fear, wonder, extreme surprise; to overwhelm with wonder; to astound; to astonish greatly..
Overwhelm :: Overwhelm (n.) The act of overwhelming.
Overlay :: Overlay (v. t.) To lay, or spread, something over or across; hence, to cover; to overwhelm; to press excessively upon..
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 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..
Overwhelming :: Overwhelming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overwhel.
Swamp :: Swamp (v. t.) Fig.: To plunge into difficulties and perils; to overwhelm; to ruin; to wreck.
Overwhelm :: Overwhelm (v. t.) To cause to surround, to cover..
Crushing :: Crushing (a.) That crushes; overwhelming.
Plunge :: Plunge (n.) Hence, a desperate hazard or act; a state of being submerged or overwhelmed with difficulties..
Drown :: Drown (v. t.) To overwhelm in water; to submerge; to inundate.
Overwhelm :: Overwhelm (v. t.) To project or impend over threateningly.
Hell :: Hell (v. t.) To overwhelm.
Demersion :: Demersion (n.) The state of being overwhelmed in water, or as if in water..
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..
Absorb :: Absorb (v. t.) To swallow up; to engulf; to overwhelm; to cause to disappear as if by swallowing up; to use up; to include.
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..
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