Definisjon av overwhelm

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Verb

overwhelm - overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli
overpower, sweep over, whelm, overcome, overtake
enkindle, elicit, kindle, provoke, evoke, arouse, fire, raise derive by reason; "elicit a solution"
devastate overwhelm or overpower; "He was devastated by his grief when his son died"
clutch, get hold of, seize affect; "Fear seized the prisoners"; "The patient was seized with unbearable pains"; "He was seized with a dreadful disease"
kill destroy a vitally essential quality of or in; "Eating artichokes kills the taste of all other foods"
benight make darker and difficult to perceive by sight
knock out destroy or break forcefully; "The windows were knocked out"
stagger to arrange in a systematic order; "stagger the chairs in the lecture hall"
lock become rigid or immoveable; "The therapist noticed that the patient's knees tended to lock in this exercise"
overwhelm - charge someone with too many tasks
deluge, flood out
burden, saddle, charge weight down with a load
overwhelm - overcome by superior force
overpower, overmaster
vanquish, beat out, trounce, crush, shell, beat beat out a rhythm
steamroll, steamroller make level or flat with a steamroller; "steamroll the roads"
overwhelm - cover completely or make imperceptible; "I was drowned in work"; "The noise drowned out her speech"
submerge, drown
spread over, cover clothe, as if for protection from the elements; "cover your head!"
drown out make imperceptible; "The noise from the ice machine drowned out the music"
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Verb

overwhelm - To engulf, surge-over and submerge.
overwhelm - To overpower, crush.
overwhelm - To overpower emotionally.

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  • overwhelm
    To subdue by superior force.

Verb

  • Infinitiv: (to) overwhelm
  • Presens: overwhelm / overwhelms
  • Preteritum: overwhelmed
  • Perfektum: (have) overwhelmed

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