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What does overpower mean?

overpower

— verb overcome by superior force — verb (= overcome) overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli

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overcome overwhelm subdue defeat vanquish win over oppress crush whelm quell predominate overbear conquer beat sweep over subjugate rout punish overtake overmaster injure hurt harm force fell destroy defeats control break beat up win whip weary upset unnerve trounce treat cruelly topple tie up thrash tame take advantage take sweep away surpass superpower subject stamp out snuff out seize

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Social behavior Conflict War

Defeat

Conjugation overpower conjugation

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overpower · verb

Examples overpower examples

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Simple sentences

Sami could easily overpower Layla.
We must not let them overpower our forces.

Movie subtitles

We must overpower him first.
In Tortuga, when a woman slaps a man's face. it means she wants him to grab her. overpower her and smother her with kisses.
We have only to overpower one man and take his rifle.
We've got to arm ourselves, surprise them and overpower them.
Donkeyman, you and Hoffman will overpower the guard on the rear deck.
So we could set a trap and overpower him!
You were just wondering why we don't overpower them, take their uniforms and lead a boarding party against that filthy submarine.
Two convicts had managed to overpower their guards. and took over the main cell block releasing those prisoners still in cells.
Don't pretend that this toy boat will be able to overpower. a ship that has lasted a few centuries.
What kind of soldier lets two unarmed prisoners overpower him in his own headquarters?
Then you can break out of that corner, move north and overpower them.
Fortunately, I was able to overpower him.
We should be able to overpower the guard, and make a call.
No attempt to overpower the terrorists?
We must overpower him first. Get me a hypodermic needle.
We knew it was impossible to overpower them.
If Lucas was as strong as you and everybody else said how could your sister possibly overpower him?
Once we are inside the prison barracks, they overpower us, use me as a hostage, and, uh, make their escape.
A man who smuggled a gun into Solowiechek, so they could overpower the guard riding with them.
And it could overpower McGivers with her preoccupation with the past.
Corporal Kohler isn't too easy to overpower.
Carter, you overpower him quickly and quietly.
What's wrong with trying to overpower the SS guards at the fence?
It wants to overpower you. Let it.
To try and overpower you?
My dynamic side must overpower my gentle side.
We have only to overpower one man.
If they overpower me, forget about me.
And it could overpower McGivers with her preoccupation with the past. Thank you.
But no one will ever overpower the Red army!
No one will ever overpower the Red army!
Frog's breath will overpower any odor.
There may be gravimetric or magnetic fluctuations inside the asteroid which would overpower the engines of a shuttlecraft.
Even tiny animals like field mice could overpower him.
Hyenas kill many young cheetahs and more than one could overpower the mother and turn on the cubs.
Echoes of the aggressions of my own country. the will to overpower weaker peoples. bring shame to me.
I knew I wasn't gonna be able to overpower you, but this is three feet of concrete.
I just can't see how else she could overpower the likes of you.

News and current affairs

Second, NATO's own identity is becoming that of an alliance that exists to empower - to offer assistance and partnership - as much as to overpower.
Greece's idealistic new leaders seem to believe that they can overpower bureaucratic opposition without the usual compromises and obfuscations, simply by brandishing their democratic mandate.
As the international community gears up for the next development agenda, the danger is that we let our ambition overpower our reason.

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