Synonyms for overpower
ˌoʊ vərˈpaʊ ərover·pow·er

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1. overpower

   To defeat an enemy is to gain an advantage for the time; to vanquish is to win a signal victory; to conquer is to overcome so effectually that the victory is regarded as final. Conquer, in many cases, carries the idea of possession; as, to conquer respect, affection, peace, etc. A country is conquered when its armies are defeated and its territory is occupied by the enemy; it may be subjected to indemnity or to various disabilities; it is subjugated when it is held helplessly and continuously under military control; it is subdued when all resistance has died out. An army is defeated when forcibly driven back; it is routed when it is converted into a mob of fugitives. Compare BEAT.

   Synonyms:
   beat, checkmate, conquer, crush, defeat, discomfit, down, humble, master, overcome, overmaster, overmatch, overthrow, prevail over, put down, reduce, rout, subdue, subject, subjugate, surmount, vanquish, win, worst

   Antonyms:
   capitulate, cede, fail, fall, fly, forfeit, lose, resign, retire, retreat, submit, succumb, surrender, yield

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1. overpower, overmaster, overwhelmverb

   overcome by superior force

   Synonyms:
   overcome, drown, flood out, overwhelm, deluge, sweep over, overmaster, whelm, overtake, submerge

2. overwhelm, overpower, sweep over, whelm, overcome, overtakeverb

   overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli

   Synonyms:
   surmount, catch up with, submerge, deluge, overmaster, overwhelm, overhaul, drown, overcome, get the best, catch, whelm, defeat, pass, get the better of, master, flood out, sweep over, have the best, overtake, get over, subdue

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1. • Arouse
   • Beat

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1. overpowerverb

   Synonyms:
   subdue, conquer, overwhelm, overcome, overturn, over-bear, overmaster, defeat, rout, crash, beat, vanquish, subjugate, discomfit, choke, get the better of, get the upper hand of

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1. overpowerverb

   Synonyms:
   vanquish, subdue, conquer, overcome, defeat, crush, overwhelm, rout, master, subjugate, overmatch

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1. List of paraphrases for "overpower":

   dominate

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How to use overpower in a sentence?

1. Nicholas Kass:

   But he always wanted to hit the ball through people. He wanted to overpower them.

2. Anthony Bove:

   The dogs started biting, he's trying to push them away. They overpower him.

3. Epictetus:

   Me in chains? You may fetter my leg but my will, not even Zeus himself can overpower.

4. Lance Bass:

   I knew that I was in this popular band and I had four other guys' careers in my hand, and I knew that if I ever acted on it or even said( that I was gay), it would overpower everything.

5. Hazrat Ali Ibn-e-Abi Talib, Nahj-ul-Balagha (Sermons and sayings Compilation):

   If you overpower your enemy, then pardon him by way of thankfulness to Allah, for being able to subdue him.