Overpower Common

Origin: Germanic Old English prefix

Overpower has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions

Verb

overcome by superior force

overpower overmaster overwhelm

overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli

overwhelm overpower sweep over whelm overcome overtake

To subdue someone by superior force.

See Also

succumb fight overmaster force superior outcrafty overwield rape

Related Terms

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Broader Terms (hypernyms)

beat arouse

Narrower Terms (hyponyms)

steamroller devastate seize kill benight knock out stagger lock

Rhyming Words

wer ewer ower tower fower lower dower hewer sewer bower cower mower gower hower fewer sawer tawer power newer vower

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