overcome

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overcome Definition

• (s) rendered powerless especially by an excessive amount or profusion of something; "a desk flooded with applications"; "felt inundated with work"; "too much overcome to notice"; "a man engulfed by fear"; "swamped by work"
• (v) win a victory over; "You must overcome all difficulties"; "defeat your enemies"; "He overcame his shyness"; "She conquered here fear of mice"; "He overcame his infirmity"; "Her anger got the better of her and she blew up"
• (v) get on top of; deal with successfully; "He overcame his shyness"
• (v) overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli
• (v) overcome, usually through no fault or weakness of the person that is overcome; "Heart disease can get the best of us"

overcome Synonyms

• defeat
• engulfed
• flooded
• get over
• get the best
• get the better of
• have the best
• inundated
• master
• overcome
• overpower
• overpowered
• overtake
• overwhelm
• overwhelmed
• subdue
• surmount
• swamped
• sweep over
• whelm