overpower

Example Sentences

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Pretty soon everything quieted down and I knew that Old Rowdy had been overpowered and was getting the Red Cross treatment.

From Literature

I pictured my mother, holding me in her arms, dying, ready to give me a name, a name that would overpower all the magic that had trapped her.

From Literature

Russell, a professor at the University of California, Berkeley, said the heads of the world's biggest AI companies understand the dangers posed by super-intelligent systems that could one day overpower humans.

From Barron's

It left Brian and his neighbours dealing with smoke, ash and an overpowering "chemical" smell which some described as like living in a "war zone".

From BBC

In Chicago in November, the All Blacks ran away from Ireland with three tries in 15 second-half minutes, before Farrell's side were brutally overpowered by scrum-masters South Africa.

From BBC