overpower

overpower (ˌəʊvəˈpaʊə)

—vb
1.	to conquer or subdue by superior force
2.	to have such a strong effect on as to make helpless or ineffective
3.	to supply with more power than necessary

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overpower

"to overcome with superior power," 1593, from over + power (q.v.).

Example sentences

Your business life may overpower your personal life.

Ominous clouds overpower the struggling sun, foreshadowing the arrival of more

severe weather to this already battered region.

Instead, he escalated his rhetoric, in an attempt to overpower any ambiguities.

Only when the bacteria or virus overpower the immune system do the signs and

symptoms of disease develop.

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"Let him [the President] once win the admiration and confidence of the country, and no other single force can withstand him, no combination of forces will easily overpower him.... If he rightly interpret the national thought and boldly insist upon it, he is irresistible; and the country never feels the zest of action so much as when the President is of such insight and caliber."

-Woodrow Wilson