Definition of overwhelm

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

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Ingulf :: Ingulf (v. t.) To swallow up or overwhelm in, or as in, a gulf; to cast into a gulf. See Engulf..
Hell :: Hell (v. t.) To overwhelm.
Vituperate :: Vituperate (v. t.) To find fault with; to scold; to overwhelm with wordy abuse; to censure severely or abusively; to rate.
Nightmare :: Nightmare (n.) Hence, any overwhelming, oppressive, or stupefying influence..
Overwhelming :: Overwhelming (a.) Overpowering; irresistible.
Overwhelm :: Overwhelm (n.) The act of overwhelming.
Overpress :: Overpress (v. t.) To bear upon with irresistible force; to crush; to overwhelm.
Deluge :: Deluge (v. t.) To overflow with water; to inundate; to overwhelm.
Dismay :: Dismay (v. t.) Loss of courage and firmness through fear; overwhelming and disabling terror; a sinking of the spirits; consternation.
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..
Overwhelming :: Overwhelming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overwhel.
Overwhelm :: Overwhelm (v. t.) To cause to surround, to cover..
Plunge :: Plunge (n.) Hence, a desperate hazard or act; a state of being submerged or overwhelmed with difficulties..
Overwhelm :: Overwhelm (v. t.) To project or impend over threateningly.
Drown :: Drown (v. t.) To overwhelm in water; to submerge; to inundate.
Crush :: Crush (v. t.) To overwhelm by pressure or weight; to beat or force down, as by an incumbent weight..
Overlay :: Overlay (v. t.) To lay, or spread, something over or across; hence, to cover; to overwhelm; to press excessively upon..
Swamp :: Swamp (v. t.) Fig.: To plunge into difficulties and perils; to overwhelm; to ruin; to wreck.
Amazement :: Amazement (n.) The condition of being amazed; bewilderment [Obs.]; overwhelming wonder, as from surprise, sudden fear, horror, or admiration..
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.
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