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overwhelmed

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adjective

completely overcome in mind or feeling:
She told the overwhelmed and sobbing mother she would take care of all medical expenses.
loaded, filled, or addressed with an excessive amount of anything:
Over 100 dogs were transported to other parts of the state from overwhelmed animal shelters on the coast.
overpowered or crushed, as by superior forces:
The aim of the coalition's operation was to stop the dictator and his army from attacking already overwhelmed rebel troops.

However, tradition overwhelmed the legal victory, and she sadly succumbed to the intense pressure to marry her attacker.

We are overwhelmed with data from every quarter, and our capacity to filter fact from fraud is limited.

The low crunch of packed dirt against rubber tire was overwhelmed by the ragged explosions of automatic gunfire.

When Singh finally showed up at the front door of his home in Amritsar, his family was overwhelmed with relief.

When you land in Fort Mac, a town of 100,000, you immediately are overwhelmed by the slickness of the brand new airport.

He was sheriff of Paris, 1770, and employed his leisure in objects of benevolence, till the revolution overwhelmed him.

The door was open, and the woman and the child stood dumbfounded and overwhelmed in a scene of incredible desolation.

Mrs. Ducksmith, who had sat with overwhelmed head in her hands, started bolt upright, and looked at him like one thunderstruck.

He didn't understand her but the thrill of what was to come overwhelmed him, and in the next instant he held her in his arms.

A sharp fight ensued, but the Americans, overwhelmed by the mass, had to retreat to Narvican.

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