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Verb overshadow has 3 senses
- overshadow, eclipse - exceed in importance; outweigh; "This problem overshadows our lives right now"
--1 is one way to excel, stand out, surpass
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
- shadow, overshadow, dwarf - make appear small by comparison; "This year's debt dwarves that of last year"
--2 is one way to dominate, command, overlook, overtop
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something
- overshadow - cast a shadow upon; "The tall tree overshadowed the house"; "The tragedy overshadowed the couple's happiness"
--3 is one way to obscure, befog, becloud, obnubilate, haze over, fog, cloud, mist
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something
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