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overpower

[ oh-ver-pou-er ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used with object)

to overcome, master, or subdue by superior force:
to overpower a maniac.
Synonyms: beat, defeat, conquer, subjugate, vanquish
to overcome or overwhelm in feeling; affect or impress excessively:
overpowered with confusion and desire.
to gain mastery over the bodily powers or mental faculties of:
a strong drink that quickly overpowered him.
to furnish or equip with excessive power: pow: power:
a giant motor that overpowered the pump.

overpower

/ ˌəʊvəˈpaʊə /

First recorded in 1585–95; over- + power

And hearing how loud he would scream and overpower the microphone.

But the statistic cannot overpower the emotional response to flying.

There are moments the grim metal can overpower the sleazy pop charm of early material.

Enough smarts to speak before the cameras, but not so much smarts that you overpower your husband.

Blake Gopnik takes a stroll and wonders whether the technology will overpower the art.

A present remedy of all is the speedy coming of a cloud, and a dew that meeteth it, by the heat that cometh, shall overpower it.

The moment he raised his war-cry, they would overpower the soldiers, and then the castle would offer no resistance.

A marine sufficient to overpower that of Spain must be, not merely equipped and manned, but created.

There was in her so much of impulsive generosity that he had expected to overpower her scruples.

But as yet this faction was not strong enough to overpower him.

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