overwhelm
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(verb) charge someone with too many tasks |
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Synonyms: deluge, flood out |
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Related Words: burden, charge, saddle |
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(verb) overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli |
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Synonyms: overcome, overpower, overtake, sweep over, whelm |
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Related Words: arouse, benight, devastate, elicit, enkindle, evoke, fire, kill, kindle, knock out, lock, provoke, raise, stagger |
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(verb) overcome by superior force |
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Synonyms: overmaster, overpower |
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Related Words: beat, beat out, crush, steamroller, trounce, vanquish |
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(verb) cover completely or make imperceptible; "I was drowned in work"; "The noise drowned out her speech" |
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Synonyms: drown, submerge |
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Related Words: cover, spread over |
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