overpower
/oʊ.vɚˈpaʊ̯.ɚ/ verb C1- To subdue someone by superior force. · We overpowered the opposing army within a couple of hours.
- To excel or exceed in power; to cause to yield; to subdue. · Bright light overpowers the eyes.
- To render imperceptible by means of greater strength, intensity, etc. · The dish was OK, but the garlic slightly overpowered the herbs.
- To make excessively powerful.
He/she/it overpowers · Past overpowered · Past participle overpowered · -ing form overpowering
Verb forms
- Base form
- overpower
- He/she/it
- overpowers
- Past
- overpowered
- Past participle
- overpowered
- -ing form
- overpowering
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A STAG overpowered by heat came to a spring to drink.
She was overpowered by shame and vexation.
Again the abbé had been obliged to swallow a draught of water to calm the emotions that threatened to overpower him.
It must, as you say, have been an overpowering necessity which tore him away in such a fashion, and the same necessity is likely to hold him away.
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