Definition of overwhelm

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Overwhelm (n.) The act of overwhelming.

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Overpress :: Overpress (v. t.) To bear upon with irresistible force; to crush; to overwhelm.
Plunge :: Plunge (n.) Hence, a desperate hazard or act; a state of being submerged or overwhelmed with difficulties..
Ingulf :: Ingulf (v. t.) To swallow up or overwhelm in, or as in, a gulf; to cast into a gulf. See Engulf..
Overwhelmed :: Overwhelmed (imp. & p. p.) of Overwhel.
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.
Break :: Break (v. i.) To be crushed, or overwhelmed with sorrow or grief; as, my heart is breaking..
Woe-begone :: Woe-begone (a.) Beset or overwhelmed with woe; immersed in grief or sorrow; woeful.
Vituperate :: Vituperate (v. t.) To find fault with; to scold; to overwhelm with wordy abuse; to censure severely or abusively; to rate.
Overwhelming :: Overwhelming (a.) Overpowering; irresistible.
Overwhelm :: Overwhelm (v. t.) To cause to surround, to cover..
Crushing :: Crushing (a.) That crushes; overwhelming.
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..
Overlay :: Overlay (v. t.) To lay, or spread, something over or across; hence, to cover; to overwhelm; to press excessively upon..
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.
Nightmare :: Nightmare (n.) Hence, any overwhelming, oppressive, or stupefying influence..
Amazement :: Amazement (n.) The condition of being amazed; bewilderment [Obs.]; overwhelming wonder, as from surprise, sudden fear, horror, or admiration..
Overwhelm :: Overwhelm (n.) The act of overwhelming.
Confute :: Confute (v. t.) To overwhelm by argument; to refute conclusively; to prove or show to be false or defective; to overcome; to silence.
Demersion :: Demersion (n.) The state of being overwhelmed in water, or as if in water..
Hell :: Hell (v. t.) To overwhelm.
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