Meaning of OVERPOWER
| Pronunciation: | | `owvu'paûur
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- [v] overcome by superior force
- [v] overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli
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| | Synonyms: | | overcome, overmaster, overtake, overwhelm, overwhelm, sweep over, whelm |
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| | See Also: | | arouse, beat, beat out, benight, clutch, crush, devastate, elicit, enkindle, evoke, fire, get hold of, kill, kindle, knock out, lock, provoke, raise, seize, shell, stagger, steamroll, steamroller, trounce, vanquish | |
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\O`ver*pow"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Overpowered}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Overpowering}.]
To excel or exceed in power; to cause to yield; to vanquish;
to subdue; as, the light overpowers the eyes. ``And
overpower'd that gallant few.'' --Wordsworth.
Syn: To overbear; overcome; vanquish; defeat; crush;
overwhelm; overthrow; rout; conquer; subdue.
\O"ver*pow`er\, n.
A dominating power. --Bacon.
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| | Related Terms: | | amaze, be strong, bear down, beat, best, conquer, crush, daze, deck, defeat, drown out, dumbfound, floor, jam, master, nonplus, outroar, outshout, overcome, overmaster, overmatch, overset, overthrow, overturn, overwhelm, pack a punch, prevail, put down, quell, send flying, shout down, silence, stagger, strike, stun, stupefy, subdue, subjugate, surmount, trip, trip up, upset, vanquish, whelm, worst |
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