OVERPOWER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does overpower mean?
• OVERPOWER (verb)
The verb OVERPOWER has 2 senses:
1. overcome by superior force
2. overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli
Familiarity information: OVERPOWER used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• OVERPOWER (verb)
Meaning:
Overcome by superior force
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Synonyms:
overmaster; overpower; overwhelm
Hypernyms (to "overpower" is one way to...):
beat; beat out; crush; shell; trounce; vanquish (come out better in a competition, race, or conflict)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "overpower"):
steamroll; steamroller (overwhelm by using great force)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Sentence example:
The fighter managed to overpower his opponent
Meaning:
Overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli
Classified under:
Verbs of feeling
Synonyms:
overwhelm; sweep over; whelm; overpower; overcome; overtake
Hypernyms (to "overpower" is one way to...):
arouse; elicit; enkindle; evoke; fire; kindle; provoke; raise (call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses))
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "overpower"):
devastate (overwhelm or overpower)
clutch; get hold of; seize (affect)
kill (overwhelm with hilarity, pleasure, or admiration)
benight (overtake with darkness or night)
knock out (overwhelm with admiration)
stagger (astound or overwhelm, as with shock)
lock (hold fast (in a certain state))
Sentence frame:
Something ----s somebody
