to overpower
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3.8
- verb
- /ˌoʊvərˈpaʊər/
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someter a
- They overpowered the mighty General's team on their own, fair and square.
- one voice can overpower
So if Jesus comes from God, his task is to overpower the evil force first.
- So if Jesus comes from God, his task is to overpower the evil force first.
- It's a way for them to overpower, destabilize you, and keep you down.
- We need a whole bunch of tiny ripples out there to overpower the divisiveness.
- The whole litigation system is geared to overpower the defendants in court.
- It's, it's often an intuition that people have that somehow AI will be used to maybe overpower people by certain select groups.
- In the series, narcissistic people will use money as a way to overpower people.
- We're able to take on the powerful elites, elite hedge funds, centralized powers and overpower them.
- We got to stop with this impulse to overpower the feminine, as if the feminine is not valid.
- This was Bill's largest position, and according to the indictment, he mounted a massive offensive to boost Viacom, attempting to overpower the market.
- If they can, or they choose a partner, they can overpower someone who doesn't have nearly the power as them, doesn't have the resources them.
- The only person that can be truly humble is the person that knows their strength and knows their power, then chooses it to serve, chooses to empower, not overpower.
- Did it did it come down to just because brute strength a man could overpower a woman?
- Maybe you can overpower him with your words and you can belittle him and emasculate him and do those things.
Examples
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This will bring out the guards and at that point we will use our cunning to overpower them.
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Even though it's easier, convenience will never overpower my love for long nails.
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In the long run, either America would dominate them, or they would overpower America.
Academic text (1993) -
It's a way for them to overpower, destabilize you, and keep you down.
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Even if we overpower them, who's gonna fly the plane?
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I tried to stop them, sir, but they overpowered me.
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They will be overpowered and captured.
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As much as I fought and struggled, they overpowered and bound me hand and foot with ropes.
Fiction book (1995) -
Instead of demoralizing the French, it whips them into a frenzy, and they attack the castle like madmen, and they overpower the English with sheer passion.
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The soldiers were determined to overpower the enemy forces with their superior tactics and strength.
Synonyms
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2.4
To have power over people, things, or situations
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3.7
To take control of a place by force or to beat something hard like a fear
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3.7
To have strong control over people or things
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5.1
To be stronger or more successful and win in the end
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3.5
Start to have power and make decisions about something
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7.7
To bring a person or group under the control of another
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4.0
Defeat someone or something completely using greater force
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4.2
To be in charge of people or a place
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9.2
To bring someone or something under control, often by force
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6.3
Remove a leader or government from power, often by force
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5.8
To win against someone or something that tries to stop you
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7.7
To take control from someone by force or strong effort
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9.9
To have complete power over someone by controlling what they need or fear
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9.1
To defeat and control someone or something completely
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8.4
To use power to stop objections or complaints
How Strong
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word overpower comes from over ('above' or 'too much') and power ('strength' or 'force'), so to overpower someone is to have more strength or force and take control of them.