Overpower

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Overpower \O`ver*pow"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Overpowered}; p.
     pr. & vb. n. {Overpowering}.]
     To excel or exceed in power; to cause to yield by superior
     power; to vanquish; to subdue; as, the light overpowers the
     eyes. "And overpower'd that gallant few." --Wordsworth.
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     Syn: To overbear; overcome; vanquish; defeat; crush;
          overwhelm; overthrow; rout; conquer; subdue.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Overpower \O"ver*pow`er\, n.
     A dominating power. --Bacon.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  overpower
       v 1: overcome by superior force [syn: {overmaster}, {overwhelm}]
       2: overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli [syn: {overwhelm},
           {sweep over}, {whelm}, {overcome}, {overtake}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  45 Moby Thesaurus words for "overpower":
     amaze, be strong, bear down, beat, best, conquer, crush, daze,
     deck, defeat, drown out, dumbfound, floor, jam, master, nonplus,
     outroar, outshout, overcome, overmaster, overmatch, overset,
     overthrow, overturn, overwhelm, pack a punch, prevail, put down,
     quell, send flying, shout down, silence, stagger, strike, stun,
     stupefy, subdue, subjugate, surmount, trip, trip up, upset,
     vanquish, whelm, worst