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overweldigen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • crush verb To squeeze or press something so hard that its shape or structure is destroyed.
  • daunt verb To discourage, intimidate.
  • drown verb To die, or to kill, by being unable to breathe underwater.
  • engulf verb To completely surround or cover something, often suddenly and overwhelmingly.
  • force noun Strength or power exerted to move, influence, or affect something.
  • overpower verb To defeat or subdue someone using greater strength or force.
  • overwhelm verb To completely overpower someone or something, whether physically or emotionally.
  • succumb verb To give in to something overpowering, such as pressure, temptation, or illness.

Senses

overweldigen is used for these senses in English:

  • crush To overcome completely; to subdue totally.
  • daunt (transitive) To overwhelm.
  • drown (intransitive) To be flooded: to be inundated with or submerged in (literally) water or (figuratively) other things; to be overwhelmed.
  • force (archaic) To put in force; to cause to be executed; to make binding; to enforce.
  • force (archaic) To provide with forces; to reinforce; to strengthen by soldiers; to man; to garrison.
  • overpower (transitive) To subdue someone by superior force.
  • overwhelm To cause to surround, to cover.
  • succumb (intransitive) To yield to an overpowering force or overwhelming desire.

crush — full definition

  1. verb To squeeze or press something so hard that its shape or structure is destroyed.
  2. verb To defeat someone or something completely and forcefully.
  3. noun A strong but usually short-lived romantic infatuation, or the person it is directed at.
  4. noun A dense, uncomfortable crowd of people.

daunt — full definition

  1. verb To discourage, intimidate.
  2. verb To overwhelm.

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