overwhelm

Definition for overwhelm

verb as in flood, beat physically

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crush, defeat, deluge, destroy, engulf, inundate, overcome, overpower, overrun, rout, submerge, swamp

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bury, conquer, drown, drub, massacre, overflow, overthrow, smother, thrash, total, whip, win

verb as in astonish, devastate

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bewilder, confound, confuse, demoralize, destroy, disturb, dumbfound, overcome, overpower, puzzle, shock, stun, surprise, swamp, upset

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downgrade, drown, floor, kill, prostrate, shatter, stagger, steamroller, subordinate, wreck

Weak matches

blow out of the water, bowl over, do in, render speechless, run circles around

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At times, however, the passages quoted from letters and memoirs come so thick and fast that they threaten to overwhelm the connecting strand of Mr. Hart’s own chronological narrative.

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