overwhelm

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verb

1. charge someone with too many tasks (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
deluge, flood out
• Derivationally related forms:
deluge (for: deluge)
• Hypernyms:
charge, saddle, burden
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Somebody ----s somebody with something
2. overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
overpower, sweep over, whelm, overcome, overtake
• Hypernyms:
arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke,
fire, raise, provoke
• Hyponyms:
devastate, seize, clutch, get hold of, kill,
benight, knock out, stagger, lock
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s somebody
3. cover completely or make imperceptible
- I was drowned in work
- The noise drowned out her speech
• Syn:
submerge, drown
• See Also:
drown out (for: drown)
• Hypernyms:
cover, spread over
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
4. overcome by superior force
• Syn:
overpower, overmaster
• Hypernyms:
beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish
• Hyponyms:
steamroller, steamroll
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- The fighter managed to overwhelm his opponent

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  overpower, overmaster, submerge, drown, deluge, flood out, sweep over, whelm, overcome, overtake