Synonyms for overpowering
over·pow·er·ing

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1. overpowering, overwhelmingadjective

   so strong as to be irresistible

   "an overpowering need for solitude"; "the temptation to despair may become overwhelming"; "an overwhelming majority"

   Synonyms:
   overwhelming, consuming

   Antonyms:
   resistible

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1. overpoweringadjective

   Synonyms:
   overwhelming, conquering, irresistible, overmastering

2. overpoweringnoun

   Synonyms:
   vanquishment, conquering, defeat, subjugation, overthrow

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1. Donald Trump:

   Every death is a horror -- but if you look at a real catastrophe, like Hurricane Katrina, and you look at the tremendous hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of people that died, and you look at what happened here with, really, a storm that was just totally overpowering -- nobody has ever seen anything like this, everybody around this table and everybody watching can really be very proud of what's taken place in Puerto Rico.

2. Hillary Clinton:

   It means I can live my life without anyone overpowering me, it makes me equal with everyone else.

3. Tony Jacklin:

   I suspect this hot spell has made the course very fast and, if the wind whips up, it could live up to its 'Car-nasty' reputation and Tiger will understand how to handle whatever it might throw at him, he realises it's not about overpowering a links course, it's about staying in play and being patient. At least 50 percent of the field won't know anything like as much as he does about plotting their way round.

4. Frazier Glenn Cross:

   I've never felt such exhilaration and overpowering joy.

5. Puerto Ricans.Yet Trump:

   Every death is a horror, but if you look at a real catastrophe like (Hurricane) Katrina, and you look at the tremendous hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of people that died, and you look at what happened here with, really, a storm that was just totally overpowering -- nobody has ever seen anything like this.