overwhelm
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From over + Middle English whelmen (whelm)
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Verb
to overwhelm (third-person singular simple present overwhelms, present participle overwhelming, simple past and past participle overwhelmed)
- To engulf, surge-over and submerge
- The dinghy was overwhelmed by the great wave.
- To overpower, crush
- In December 1939 the Soviet Union attacked Finland with overwhelming force.
- To overpower emotionally
- He was overwhelmed with guilt.
- Joy overwhelmed her when she realized that she had won a million dollars.
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[edit] Translations
engulf, surge-over
to overpower, crush
overpower emotionally
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