overcome

Definition for overcome

adjective as in overwhelmed; visibly moved

Strong matches

affected, beaten, buried, conquered, defeated, overthrown, swamped, taken

Weak matches

at a loss for words, blown-away, bowled-over, speechless, swept off one's feet, unable to continue

verb as in beat, defeat

Strongest matches

conquer, crush, overpower, overwhelm, reduce, stun, surmount, survive, weather, win

Strong matches

best, down, drown, hurdle, lick, master, outlive, overthrow, prevail, prostrate, render, run over, shock, subdue, subjugate, throw, vanquish, whelm, worst

Weak matches

be victorious, come out on top, get around, get the better of, knock over, knock socks off, rise above, triumph over

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Routledge overcame her initial reluctance to perform his scripts and excelled as A Woman of No Importance and A Lady of Letters.

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The previously unbeaten Trojans nearly overcame their problems by taking a late lead, but the Illini answer with a field goal as time expires.

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But Goodall overcame her critics and produced work that Gould later characterized as “one of the Western world’s great scientific achievements.”

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The pair went on to help Union win their first league title in 90 years last season after Sykes, like Burgess, overcame adversity in his formative years.

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The firm has overcome a post-Covid pandemic slump in trade and problems with international expansion to recently launch its first share buyback and raise its profit outlook for the full year.

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