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verb
- 1. defeat or overcome with superior strength: "he overpowered the two men and frogmarched them to the police station" Similar
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The meaning of OVERPOWER is to overcome by superior force : subdue. How to use overpower in a sentence.
OVERPOWER definition: 1. to defeat someone by having greater strength or power: 2. If a smell or feeling overpowers you…. Learn more.
To overpower is to overcome with greater strength. In order to win an arm-wrestling match, you must overpower your opponent.
Overpower definition: to overcome, master, or subdue by superior force. See examples of OVERPOWER used in a sentence.
If you overpower someone, you manage to take hold of and keep hold of them, although they struggle a lot.
tr.v. o·ver·pow·ered, o·ver·pow·er·ing, o·ver·pow·ers. 1. To overcome or vanquish by superior force; subdue. 2. To affect so strongly as to make helpless or ineffective; overwhelm. 3. To supply with excessive mechanical power. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
1. If you overpower someone, you manage to take hold of and keep hold of them, although they struggle a lot. [...] 2. If a feeling overpowers you, it suddenly affects you very strongly. [...] 3. In a sports match, when one team or player overpowers the other, they play much better than them and beat them easily. [...] More.
OVERPOWER meaning: 1. to defeat someone by being stronger than they are: 2. If a feeling, smell, etc overpowers you…. Learn more.
overpower. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English o‧ver‧pow‧er /ˌəʊvəˈpaʊə $ ˌoʊvərˈpaʊr/ verb [transitive] 1 to take control of someone physically because you are stronger The security guards soon overpowered the man. 2 if a smell, taste, or emotion overpowers you, it affects you very strongly Her scent overpowered ...
overpower somebody to defeat or gain control over somebody completely by using greater strength. Police finally managed to overpower the gunman. Manchester United completely overpowered their rivals to win 4–0.
