Definition of overwhelm

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Overwhelm (n.) The act of overwhelming.

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Overwhelmed :: Overwhelmed (imp. & p. p.) of Overwhel.
Deluge :: Deluge (v. t.) To overflow with water; to inundate; to overwhelm.
Overwhelm :: Overwhelm (v. t.) To project or impend over threateningly.
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..
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..
Woe-begone :: Woe-begone (a.) Beset or overwhelmed with woe; immersed in grief or sorrow; woeful.
Amazement :: Amazement (n.) The condition of being amazed; bewilderment [Obs.]; overwhelming wonder, as from surprise, sudden fear, horror, or admiration..
Demersion :: Demersion (n.) The state of being overwhelmed in water, or as if in water..
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.
Overwhelming :: Overwhelming (a.) Overpowering; irresistible.
Nightmare :: Nightmare (n.) Hence, any overwhelming, oppressive, or stupefying influence..
Crushing :: Crushing (a.) That crushes; overwhelming.
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..
Amaze :: Amaze (v. t.) To confound, as by fear, wonder, extreme surprise; to overwhelm with wonder; to astound; to astonish greatly..
Swamp :: Swamp (v. t.) Fig.: To plunge into difficulties and perils; to overwhelm; to ruin; to wreck.
Overpress :: Overpress (v. t.) To bear upon with irresistible force; to crush; to overwhelm.
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..
Hell :: Hell (v. t.) To overwhelm.
Ingulf :: Ingulf (v. t.) To swallow up or overwhelm in, or as in, a gulf; to cast into a gulf. See Engulf..
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