Crossword-Solution: OVERWHELM
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Overwhelm | v. t. | To cover over completely, as by a great wave; to overflow and bury beneath; to ingulf; hence, figuratively, to immerse and bear down; to overpower; to crush; to bury; to oppress, etc., overpoweringly. |
| Overwhelm | v. t. | To project or impend over threateningly. |
| Overwhelm | v. t. | To cause to surround, to cover. |
| Overwhelm | n. | The act of overwhelming. |
We have 38 clues for the answer “OVERWHELM”
| Clue | Answers |
|---|---|
| Swamp hides a tree? | 1 answer |
| Give out too many tasks | 1 answer |
| Flood or floor | 1 answer |
| Steamroller | 4 answers |
| CHARGE SOMEONE WITH TOO MANY TASKS | 11 answers |
| boggle | 17 answers |
| FINISH first | 17 answers |
| Larrup | 23 answers |
| infiltrate | 23 answers |
| Astound | 24 answers |
| shoot up | 24 answers |
| Inundate | 25 answers |
| Knock (over) | 26 answers |
| Engulf | 27 answers |
| overmaster | 36 answers |
| douse | 42 answers |
| Deluge | 43 answers |
| Vanquish | 44 answers |
| Daunt | 44 answers |
| fuddle | 44 answers |
| MAKE docile | 46 answers |
| Amaze | 46 answers |
| Unseat | 47 answers |
| make glad | 47 answers |
| SUFFOCATE | 48 answers |
| Quell | 49 answers |
| Swamp | 49 answers |
| Awe | 51 answers |
| Overpower | 51 answers |
| Glut | 51 answers |
| drown | 52 answers |
| Floor | 53 answers |
| Stun | 53 answers |
| Swarm | 57 answers |
| flood | 62 answers |
| Subdue | 67 answers |
| Crush | 67 answers |
| Shock | 80 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
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Sentences with OVERWHELM (5)
But the great fact was the land itself, which seemed to overwhelm the little beginnings of human society that struggled in its sombre wastes.
Before the guns on the Richmond and Kingston line of hills began, there was a fitful cannonade far away in the southwest, due, I believe, to guns being fired haphazard before the black vapour could overwhelm the gunners.
Still, he was sufficiently touched by his aunt’s grief to long to rush out from under the bed and overwhelm her with joy—and the theatrical gorgeousness of the thing appealed strongly to his nature, too, but he resisted and lay still.
Since those days, no doubt, it had grown to be suspected that, in consequence of an unfortunate overdoing of a work praiseworthy in itself, the proceedings against the witches had proved far less acceptable to the Beneficent Father than to that very Arch Enemy whom they were intended to distress and utterly overwhelm.
And wreaths of dust were spinning round and round before the morning blast, as if the desert-sand had risen far away, and the first spray of it in its advance had begun to overwhelm the city.
Quotes with OVERWHELM (3)
I believe that words are strong, that they can overwhelm what we fear when fear seems more awful than life is good.
I love words. I crave descriptions that overwhelm my imagination with vivid detail. I dwell on phrases that make my heart thrum. I cherish expressions that pierce my emotions and force the tears to spill over. In essence, I long for a writer's soul sealed in ink on the page.
I stared into his handsome face and let those feelings overwhelm me and in that fleeting time I felt the ghost of our emotional connection. It was just a mere whisper, like a scent on the breeze that blows past you too quickly, bringing with it a memory of something you can’t quite grasp. I wasn’t sure if it was a trick of the light, a flicker of something real, or something I fabricated, but it captured all of my attention.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: CrosSynergy, LAT, NYT, USA TODAY.
Used 7 times in crossword archives (1996–2023).