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Overpress :: Overpress (v. t.) To bear upon with irresistible force; to crush; to overwhelm.

Deluge :: Deluge (n.) Fig.: Anything which overwhelms, or causes great destruction..

Drown :: Drown (v. t.) To overwhelm in water; to submerge; to inundate.

Break :: Break (v. i.) To be crushed, or overwhelmed with sorrow or grief; as, my heart is breaking..

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..

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..

Overwhelming :: Overwhelming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overwhel.

Dismay :: Dismay (v. t.) Loss of courage and firmness through fear; overwhelming and disabling terror; a sinking of the spirits; consternation.

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..

Vituperate :: Vituperate (v. t.) To find fault with; to scold; to overwhelm with wordy abuse; to censure severely or abusively; to rate.

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

Overwhelmed :: Overwhelmed (imp. & p. p.) of Overwhel.

Woe-begone :: Woe-begone (a.) Beset or overwhelmed with woe; immersed in grief or sorrow; woeful.

Indrench :: Indrench (v. t.) To overwhelm with water; to drench; to drown.

Overflow :: Overflow (v. t.) To flow over; to cover woth, or as with, water or other fluid; to spread over; to inundate; to overwhelm..

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.

Amazement :: Amazement (n.) The condition of being amazed; bewilderment [Obs.]; overwhelming wonder, as from surprise, sudden fear, horror, or admiration..

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.

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

Overwhelming :: Overwhelming (a.) Overpowering; irresistible.

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