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OVERWHELM

\ˌə͡ʊvəwˈɛlm], \ˌə‍ʊvəwˈɛlm], \ˌəʊ_v_ə_w_ˈɛ_l_m]\

Definitions of OVERWHELM

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2011 - English Dictionary Database
2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language

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charge someone with too many tasks
overcome by superior force

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

charge someone with too many tasks
overcome by superior force

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

To project or impend over threateningly.
To cause to surround, to cover.
The act of overwhelming.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

To project or impend over threateningly.
To cause to surround, to cover.
The act of overwhelming.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

To flow over completely; swallow up, as by a flood; to crush utterly.
Overwhelming.
Overwhelmingly.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

To overspread and bear down; fall upon and crush; subdue.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

To whelm or submerge completely.
To overcome with effusiveness or profusion.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

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