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, overpower, 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, overpower, 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
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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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1. David Gonzales:

   And once they got over to the side of the road, they were able to overpower them, bind them and threw them in the back of the van they were in.

2. RAMANA PEMMARAJU:

   You are Innocent, you can't be otherwise, there is no other way, even in your lust, greed, hatred, cunningness, you're INNOCENT, because you wanted to overpower others, nature with your stupidity. Stop this absurd ACT, Be Aware, Trust Existence!

3. Nicholas Kass:

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

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. Colonel Aggrey Quarshie:

   The Ghana Navy responded swiftly with a patrol team to the area and they were able to overpower the pirates and free the ship. But when they got there, the cargo had already been transferred to another vessel.