Synonyms for overwhelm
verb
To defeat
overcome, overthrow, conquer, destroy; see confute, defeat
1, win 1.
To drown
submerge, inundate, waste; see flood, sink 1.
To astonish
puzzle, bewilder, confound; see confuse, surprise
1.
See overwhelm in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
verb
To flow over completely:
deluge, drown, engulf, flood, flush, inundate, overflow, submerge, whelm. See fullTo render totally ineffective by decisive defeat:
annihilate, crush, drub, overpower, smash, steamroller, thrash, trounce, vanquish. (Informal) massacre, wallop. (Slang) clobber, cream, shellac, smear. See winTo affect deeply or completely, as with emotion:
crush, engulf, overcome, overpower, prostrate. See affectTo impair severely something such as the spirit, health, or effectiveness of:
break, crush, destroy, ruin. See helpTo affect as if by an outpouring of water:
deluge, flood, inundate, swamp, whelm. See full
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