Definition of overwhelm

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Overwhelm (n.) The act of overwhelming.

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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.
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..
Plunge :: Plunge (n.) Hence, a desperate hazard or act; a state of being submerged or overwhelmed with difficulties..
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 cause to surround, to cover..
Vituperate :: Vituperate (v. t.) To find fault with; to scold; to overwhelm with wordy abuse; to censure severely or abusively; to rate.
Overlay :: Overlay (v. t.) To lay, or spread, something over or across; hence, to cover; to overwhelm; to press excessively upon..
Overpress :: Overpress (v. t.) To bear upon with irresistible force; to crush; to overwhelm.
Overwhelming :: Overwhelming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overwhel.
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..
Eruption :: Eruption (n.) The act of breaking out or bursting forth; as: (a) A violent throwing out of flames, lava, etc., as from a volcano of a fissure in the earth's crust. (b) A sudden and overwhelming hostile movement of armed men from one country to another. Milton. (c) A violent commotion..
Overwhelmed :: Overwhelmed (imp. & p. p.) of Overwhel.
Deluge :: Deluge (v. t.) To overflow with water; to inundate; to overwhelm.
Break :: Break (v. i.) To be crushed, or overwhelmed with sorrow or grief; as, my heart is breaking..
Drown :: Drown (v. t.) To overwhelm in water; to submerge; to inundate.
Hell :: Hell (v. t.) To overwhelm.
Deluge :: Deluge (n.) Fig.: Anything which overwhelms, or causes great destruction..
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..
Woe-begone :: Woe-begone (a.) Beset or overwhelmed with woe; immersed in grief or sorrow; woeful.
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