überwältigen — meaning in English
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English meaning
- daunt verb To make someone feel discouraged or frightened.
- 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.
- 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
überwältigen is used for these senses in English:
- 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.
- 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.
- take out (idiom) To immobilize with force; to subdue; to incapacitate.
daunt — full definition
- verb To make someone feel discouraged or frightened.
- verb To overpower someone completely.
drown — full definition
- verb To die, or to kill, by being unable to breathe underwater.
- verb To overwhelm or completely cover, often used figuratively.
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