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 Definitions of overpower  [ˌoʊ vərˈpaʊ ər]  

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Definition of 'overpower' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (v.t.) overpower
to overcome by superior force; vanquish.

2.  overpower
to affect or impress excessively; overwhelm.

3.  overpower
to furnish with excessive power.

Etymology:  (1585–95)

Definition of 'overpower' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (verb) overpower, overmaster, overwhelm
overcome by superior force

2. (verb) overwhelm, overpower, sweep over, whelm, overcome, overtake
overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli
Definition of 'overpower' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (verb) overpower
to use strength to win or control sth
It took two police officers to overpower the man.

2.  overpower
(of an emotion or feeling) to be too strong to resist
The need to sleep overpowered him.
Translation of 'overpower' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: to defeat or make helpless or captive by a greater strength
The police overpowered the thieves.
Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: oorweldig, oormeester, ba Arabic flag Arabic: يَتَسَلَّط على، يَغْلِب، Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: надвивам
Brazilian flag Brazilian: dominar Czech flag Czech: přemoci German flag German: überwältigen
Danish flag Danish: overmande Greek flag Greek: εξουδετερώνω Spanish flag Spanish: reducir
Estonian flag Estonian: jagu saama Farsi flag Farsi: مسلط شدن بر؛ چیره شدن Finnish flag Finnish: nujertaa
French flag French: vaincre, maîtriser Hebrew flag Hebrew: לְהִשׁתַלֵט עַל- Hindi flag Hindi: नियन्त्रण करना
Croatian flag Croatian: nadvladati Hungarian flag Hungarian: legyőz Indonesian flag Indonesian: melumpuhkan
Icelandic flag Icelandic: yfirbuga Italian flag Italian: sopraffare, soverchiare Japanese flag Japanese: 打ち負かす
Korean flag Korean: 무기력하게 하다 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: jėga įveikti Latvian flag Latvian: uzveikt; pievarēt
Malay flag Malay: menundukkan Dutch flag Dutch: overmannen Norwegian flag Norwegian: overmanne, overvinne
Polish flag Polish: obezwładnić Persian flag Persian: مسلط شدن بر؛ چیره شدن Pashto flag Pashto: برى موندل
Portuguese flag Portuguese: dominar Romanian flag Romanian: aînvinge, a copleşi (nume Russian flag Russian: одолевать;превосходить
Slovak flag Slovak: premôcť Slovenian flag Slovenian: premagati Serbian flag Serbian: savladati
Swedish flag Swedish: övermanna, överväldiga, g Thai flag Thai: เอาชนะ Turkish flag Turkish: hakkından gelmek, boyun e
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 制服，壓倒 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: пересилювати, брати верх Urdu flag Urdu: زير کردينا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: khuất phục Chinese flag Chinese: 制服，压倒

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