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Definition of Overpower
1. Verb. Overcome by superior force. "The fighter managed to overpower his opponent"
Generic synonyms: Beat, Beat Out, Crush, Shell, Trounce, Vanquish
Specialized synonyms: Steamroll, Steamroller
2. Verb. Overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli.
Specialized synonyms: Devastate, Clutch, Get Hold Of, Seize, Kill, Benight, Knock Out, Stagger, Lock
Generic synonyms: Arouse, Elicit, Enkindle, Evoke, Fire, Kindle, Provoke, Raise
Definition of Overpower
1. v. t. To excel or exceed in power; to cause to yield; to vanquish; to subdue; as, the light overpowers the eyes.
2. n. A dominating power.
Definition of Overpower
1. Verb. To subdue someone by superior force. ¹
2. Verb. To render imperceptible by means of greater strength, intensity etc. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Overpower
1. [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overpower
Literary usage of Overpower
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of England: From the Invasion of Julius Cæsar, to the Revolution by David Hume (1811)
"directed his van to attack the hindmost ships of the ene, CHAP. might easily
overpower the rest. ..."
2. International Law: A Treatise by Lassa Oppenheim (1921)
"... overpower- other, ing the other. Such a defeat as compels the vanquished to
comply with any demand the victor may choose to make is the purpose of war. ..."
3. The Life of Lorenzo De' Medici, Called the Magnificent by William Roscoe (1795)
"... and the reasons that had determined his own judgment, were laid before his
audience in a manner so impressive, as to overpower all opposition, ..."
4. Darwinism: An Exposition of the Theory of Natural Selection, with Some of by Alfred Russel Wallace (1891)
"... origin of spines—Variation and selection overpower the effects of use and
disuse—Supposed action of the environment in imitating variations—Weismann's ..."
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