Thesaurus / whelm
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That canst not lift thy head above the waves Which whelm and sink thee down!
THE VISION OF PARADISE, COMPLETEDANTE ALIGHIERIThe envious billows sidelong swell to whelm my track; let them; but first I pass.
MOBY DICK; OR THE WHALEHERMAN MELVILLEFar be it from the Judge of all the earth to whelm the innocent and guilty in the same destruction!
THE ANTI-SLAVERY EXAMINER, OMNIBUSAMERICAN ANTI-SLAVERY SOCIETYCan it be that the grave shall whelm all this unuttered love in endless silence?
WHAT PEACE MEANSHENRY VAN DYKEThe Scots were riding forward to whelm him when Brian's men drove down with a wild yell and smote the length of their flank.
NUALA O'MALLEYH. BEDFORD-JONESTo acquire the reputation of a great warrior, he was willing to whelm provinces in blood.
THE EMPIRE OF RUSSIAJOHN S. C. ABBOTTWhom the gods would whelm they first deprive of reason; mark ye this!
RUNG HO!TALBOT MUNDYLet fall on me her fate, and also crush me,— One ruin whelm both her and me!
FAUSTJOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEWhy whelm they that light under a bushel which ought to stand on a candlestick?
THE APOLOGY OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLANDJOHN JEWELFear not, though the waters whelm you; fear not, though ye see no land!
DAILY THOUGHTSCHARLES KINGSLEYWORDS RELATED TO WHELM
- bested
- came out on top
- conquered
- crushed
- downed
- drowned
- got around
- got the better of
- hurdled
- knocked over
- knocked socks off
- licked
- mastered
- outlived
- overpowered
- overthrew
- overwhelmed
- prevailed
- prostrated
- reduced
- rendered
- rose above
- shocked
- stunned
- subdued
- subjugated
- surmounted
- survived
- threw
- triumph over
- vanquished
- was victorious
- weathered
- whelmed
- won
- worsted
- be victorious
- best
- come out on top
- conquer
- crush
- down
- drown
- get around
- get the better of
- hurdle
- knock over
- knock socks off
- lick
- master
- outlive
- overpower
- overthrow
- overwhelm
- prevail
- prostrate
- reduce
- render
- rise above
- run over
- shock
- stun
- subdue
- subjugate
- surmount
- survive
- throw
- triumph over
- vanquish
- weather
- whelm
- win
- worst
- bear down
- beat down
- blank
- blow away
- bulldoze
- bury
- clobber
- conquer
- cream
- crush
- defeat
- drown
- drub
- immobilize
- knock out
- lay one out
- murder
- overcome
- overthrow
- overwhelm
- prostrate
- put away
- quell
- reduce
- roll over
- rout
- shellack
- shut off
- smash
- subdue
- subjugate
- swamp
- take care of
- take out
- torpedo
- total
- trash
- trounce
- vanquish
- waste
- wax
- whelm
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