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overwhelming

 
Adjective overwhelming has 2 senses
  1. 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)
  2. consuming, overwhelming - very intense; "politics is his consuming passion"; "overwhelming joy"
    Antonym: mild (indirect, via intense)
Verb overwhelm has 4 senses
  1. overwhelm, overpower, sweep over, whelm, overcome, overtake - overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli
    --1 is one way to arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s somebody
  2. overwhelm, deluge, flood out - charge someone with too many tasks
    --2 is one way to charge, saddle, burden
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s somebody
    Somebody ----s somebody with something
  3. submerge, drown, overwhelm - cover completely or make imperceptible; "I was drowned in work"; "The noise drowned out her speech"
    --3 is one way to cover, spread over
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
  4. overpower, overmaster, overwhelm - overcome by superior force
    --4 is one way to beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish
    Sample sentence:
    The fighter managed to overwhelm his opponent
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