Verb: overpower ,ow-vu(r)'paw(-u)r
- Overcome by superior force
"The army overpowered the rebels after a long siege";
- overmaster, overwhelm
- Become filled with uncontrollable emotion or too much sensory input
"overpowered by anger";
- overwhelm, sweep over, overcome, overtake, engulf, ingulf [archaic]
Derived forms: overpowered, overpowering, overpowers
Type of: arouse, beat, beat out, crush, elicit, enkindle [literary], evoke, kindle, provoke, raise, shell [US], trounce, vanquish
Encyclopedia: Overpower