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over·whelms

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  1. List of paraphrases for "overwhelms":

    sweeps, submerges, overpowers, crushes

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#50447crushes
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How to use overwhelms in a sentence?

  1. Shah Asad Rizvi:

    To know dance is to understand life; it overwhelms you; it moves you. When you embrace it with all your entirety, worlds move beneath your feet

  2. Larry Sabato:

    The popular vote overwhelms the rules usually, but in these close elections, everyone pays attention to these arcane rules.

  3. Scott Ransom:

    Neutron stars have this tipping point where their interior densities get so extreme that the force of gravity overwhelms even the ability of neutrons to resist further collapse, each most massive neutron star we find brings us closer to identifying that tipping point and helping us to understand the physics of matter at these mind-boggling densities.

  4. Mick Ryan:

    They will want not only to surprise the Russians with the time and location of their main and supporting thrusts, but will want to generate an operational tempo that overwhelms the Russian ability to respond quickly or at the right time with the right force.

  5. The Refined Poet:

    Thundering in my head; the sound of silence overwhelms.

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