overpower (verb)
1overpower — ► VERB 1) defeat with superior strength. 2) be too intense for. DERIVATIVES overpowering adjective …
2overpower — verb (T) 1 to defeat someone because you are stronger: The policeman and a dog handler struggled to overpower the man. 2 if a smell, task, emotion etc overpowers someone or something it is too strong: a full flavour slightly overpowered by… …
3overpower — verb 1) the prisoners might overpower the crew Syn: gain control over, overwhelm, prevail over, get the better of, outdo, gain mastery over, overthrow, overturn, subdue, suppress, subjugate, repress, bring someone to their knees, conquer, defeat …
4overpower — verb /əʊvəˈpaʊə,oʊvəɻˈpaʊəɻ/ a) To subdue someone by superior force. We overpowered the opposing army within a couple of hours. b) To render imperceptible by means of greater strength, intensity etc. The dish was OK, but the garlic slightly… …
5overpower — verb defeat with superior strength. ↘overwhelm; be too intense for. Derivatives overpowering adjective overpoweringly adverb …
6overpower — verb Syn: overwhelm, get the better of, overthrow, subdue, suppress, subjugate, repress, bring someone to their knees …
7overpower — [[t]o͟ʊvə(r)pa͟ʊə(r)[/t]] overpowers, overpowering, overpowered 1) VERB If you overpower someone, you manage to take hold of and keep hold of them, although they struggle a lot. [V n] It took ten guardsmen to overpower him... [V n] The rebels… …
8overpower — UK [ˌəʊvə(r)ˈpaʊə(r)] / US [ˌoʊvərˈpaʊr] verb [transitive] Word forms overpower : present tense I/you/we/they overpower he/she/it overpowers present participle overpowering past tense overpowered past participle overpowered 1) to defeat someone… …
9overpower — transitive verb Date: 1593 1. to overcome by superior force ; subdue 2. to affect with overwhelming intensity < the stench overpowered us > 3. to provide with more power than is needed or desirable < a dangerously overpowered car > •… …
10overpower — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. overwhelm, subdue. See success. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. overwhelm, master, subjugate; see defeat 2 , 3 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. overcome, beat, crush, overwhelm, subdue, get the upper… …
