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Definition of overwhelm

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Overwhelm (v. t.) To cover over completely, as by a great wave; to overflow and bury beneath; to ingulf; hence, figuratively, to immerse and bear down; to overpower; to crush; to bury; to oppress, etc., overpoweringly..

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Confute :: Confute (v. t.) To overwhelm by argument; to refute conclusively; to prove or show to be false or defective; to overcome; to silence.

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

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

Overlay :: Overlay (v. t.) To lay, or spread, something over or across; hence, to cover; to overwhelm; to press excessively upon..

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.

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..

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

Demersion :: Demersion (n.) The state of being overwhelmed in water, or as if in water..

Amaze :: Amaze (v. t.) To confound, as by fear, wonder, extreme surprise; to overwhelm with wonder; to astound; to astonish greatly..

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

Ingulf :: Ingulf (v. t.) To swallow up or overwhelm in, or as in, a gulf; to cast into a gulf. See Engulf..

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

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

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

Deluge :: Deluge (v. t.) To overflow with water; to inundate; to overwhelm.

Hell :: Hell (v. t.) To overwhelm.

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

Crush :: Crush (v. t.) To overwhelm by pressure or weight; to beat or force down, as by an incumbent weight..

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

Nightmare :: Nightmare (n.) Hence, any overwhelming, oppressive, or stupefying influence..