to overtake
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5.1
- verb
- /ˌoʊvərˈteɪk/
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- Once that happens, the emotional or material benefits of belonging can overtake the spiritual benefits of believing.
- overtaken by events
- political events overtook
So I turn run, but the flames overtook me and I collapsed.
- So I turn run, but the flames overtook me and I collapsed.
- So people don't feel overwhelmed or overtaken by these thoughts.
- And not only overtakes a mind, it overtakes our behavior.
- And, and really that's, that's poise is not letting your emotions in the moment overtake your true essence.
- hmm, it just, it happened so fast. I was just like, huh, Like something overtook my body
- And so like that we lack the language because our basic psychology of fear overtakes us.
- It might feel more like anger gripping you, or frustration overtaking you, or perfectionism getting its stranglehold.
- I remember it was like a little bit painful, but I was so joyful that it it like overtook that.
- So if he rolls it out and it makes people dislike him so much, does his need to be liked overtake that?
- And so then his son gets overtaken by this, like whatever it was.
Examples
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So people don't feel overwhelmed or overtaken by these thoughts.
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Fear and panic have overtaken our city.
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But I think another thing we have to allow ourselves is to figure out a way to not let guilt overtake our mind.
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My mom was hoping for this feeling of like excitement and relief, but when she got off the plane, she was overtaken by fear.
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And not only overtakes a mind, it overtakes our behavior.
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If you dream about flooding, it's like a fear of being flooded by emotion, a fear of being overtaken by your feelings.
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A long shiver shook her entire body, and she seemed overtaken by a severe lassitude.
Fiction book (1996) -
All the built-up tension, anger, and grief overtook me then, and I shook, but the tears wouldn't come.
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As the news about the storm spread, anxiety began to overtake the crowd waiting at the airport.
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During the ceremony, happiness and nostalgia overtook her as she saw her family gathered together.
Synonyms
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4.4
Make someone feel very strong emotions so they cannot think clearly
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4.1
Be so affected by a strong feeling that you cannot control yourself
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4.8
Feel a sudden strong emotion or pain
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5.7
To feel unable to think and act because of a very strong feeling such as fear or a strong smell
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4.6
A strong feeling that affects someone suddenly
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4.6
To feel very strong emotions that you cannot control
To suddenly feel a very strong emotion that you cannot control
To feel a very strong emotion that takes control of you
How Overwhelming
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Overtake can also mean that a feeling suddenly 'takes over' you; it comes from over- meaning 'above' and take meaning 'to take or hold', so a wave of emotion that overtakes you feels like it has taken control.