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verb (used with object)
1.
to overcome completely in mind or feeling: overwhelmed by remorse.
2.
to overpower or overcome, especially with superior forces; destroy; crush: Roman troops were overwhelmed by barbarians.
3.
to cover or bury beneath a mass of something, as floodwaters, debris, or an avalanche; submerge: Lava from erupting Vesuvius overwhelmed the city of Pompeii.
4.
to load, heap, treat, or address with an overpowering or excessive amount of anything: a child overwhelmed with presents; to overwhelm someone with questions.
5.
to overthrow.
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Example Sentences
- Everyone is overwhelmed, including Callie, who can't talk or cry or even figure out what she's feeling.
- We are overwhelmed not only by the volume of submissions but by their quality.
- The enemy will see themselves surrounded, overwhelmed, and be compelled to yield.
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Word Origin & History
overwhelm
early 14c., "to turn upside down, to overthrow," from over + M.E. whelmen "to turn upside down" (see whelm). Meaning "to submerge completely" is mid-15c. Perhaps the connecting notion is a boat, etc., washed over, and overset, by a big wave. Figurative sense of "to bring to
EXPANDruin" is attested from 1520s. Related: Overwhelming; overwhelmingly.
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