📖 Definitions of "Overpowers"
verb
- 1
To subdue someone by superior force.
"We overpowered the opposing army within a couple of hours."
- 2
To excel or exceed in power; to cause to yield; to subdue.
"Bright light overpowers the eyes."
- 3
To render imperceptible by means of greater strength, intensity etc.
"The dish was OK, but the garlic slightly overpowered the herbs."
- 4
To make excessively powerful.
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Overpowers"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| overmasterverb | (transitive) To overpower or overwhelm. |
| overcomeverb | (transitive) To surmount (a physical or abstract obstacle); to prevail over, to get the better of. |
| overwhelmverb | To overpower emotionally. |
| whelmverb | (transitive, archaic) To bury, to cover; to engulf, to submerge. |
| overtakeverb | To pass a slower moving object or entity (on the side closest to oncoming traffic). |
| sweep oververb | overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli |
| advancesnoun | A forward move; improvement or progression. |
| batterverb | To hit or strike violently and repeatedly. |
| beatverb | (transitive) To hit; to strike. |
| beatsnoun | A diminutive of the female given names Beatrice or Beatrix. |
| bestsverb | (transitive) To surpass in skill or achievement. |
| conquersverb | To defeat in combat; to subjugate. |
| crushesverb | To press between two hard objects; to squeeze so as to alter the natural shape or integrity, or to force together into a mass. |
| defeatverb | (transitive) To overcome in battle or contest. |
| defeatsverb | (transitive) To overcome in battle or contest. |
| downsnoun | (Sussex) The South Downs. |
| edgesnoun | (plural only, African-American Vernacular) The fine hairs at the edge of someone's (usually a black woman's) hairline; baby hairs. |
| hitsnoun | (military, slang, dated) Acronym of herrings in tomato sauce. |
| leadsverb | (transitive) To cover, fill, or affect with lead. |
| overstepsverb | (transitive) To go too far beyond (a limit); especially, to cross boundaries or exceed norms or conventions. |
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