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Adjective overpowering has 1 sense
- overpowering, overwhelming - so strong as to be irresistible; "an overpowering need for solitude"; "the temptation to despair may become overwhelming"; "an overwhelming majority"
Antonym: resistible (indirect, via irresistible)
Verb overpower has 2 senses
- overpower, overmaster, overwhelm - overcome by superior force
--1 is one way to beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish
Sample sentence:
The fighter managed to overpower his opponent
- overwhelm, overpower, sweep over, whelm, overcome, overtake - overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli
--2 is one way to arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke
Sample sentence:
Something ----s somebody
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