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overwhelm   (TTS Sound)

The verb overwhelm has 4 senses

• overwhelm, overpower, sweep over, whelm, overcome, overtake -- (overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli)


• overwhelm, deluge, flood out -- (charge someone with too many tasks)


• submerge, drown, overwhelm -- (cover completely or make imperceptible; "I was drowned in work"; "The noise drowned out her speech")


• overpower, overmaster, overwhelm -- (overcome by superior force)