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. Ilene Graff:

   Auditions? Jobs? Hustling? All take second position to the helpless human you brought into the world. And that overpowering love is like no other. 'Mr. Belvedere’ was a half-hour, 4-camera comedy performed before a live studio audience, which meant we worked reasonable hours.

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. Macduff:

   Prejudice is the conjurer of imaginary wrongs, strangling truth, overpowering reason, making strong men weak and weak men weaker. God give us the large hearted charity which "bearth all things, believe all things, hope all things, endure all things," which "thinks no evil."

5. Dejan Stojanovic:

   Color is the overpowering of black; white – the final victory over black.