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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Bennet was, in fact, too much overpowered to say a great deal while Sir William remained; but no sooner had he left them than her feelings found a rapid vent.
The united efforts of his two unfeeling sisters, and of his overpowering friend, assisted by the attractions of Miss Darcy and the amusements of London, might be too much, she feared, for the strength of his attachment.
Collins was carefully instructing them in what they were to expect, that the sight of such rooms, so many servants, and so splendid a dinner, might not wholly overpower them.
She was overpowered by shame and vexation.
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