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as in to dominate
to bring under one's control by force of arms
the invading army overpowered the countryside with lightning speed
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as in to overwhelm
to subject to incapacitating emotional or mental stress
overpowered by fear of the unknown
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Recent Examples of overpower
After Kelly was roasted for his play calling during a loss to rival Michigan, his Buckeyes were ready to overpower the Oregon defense.
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Andrés Soto, Los Angeles Times, 2 Jan. 2025
Pretending to be dead, Gi-hun and his friends launch a surprise attack, overpowering the guards and seizing their weapons, leaving only one guard alive.
—Monica Mercuri, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2024
The Texans overpowered the Los Angeles Chargers 32-12 on Saturday to advance to the divisional round of the NFL playoffs next weekend.
—Jay R. Jordan, Axios, 13 Jan. 2025
Spiro tries and tries to get up, but he is overpowered.
—Martin McKenzie-Murray, SPIN, 7 Jan. 2025
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Andrés Soto, Los Angeles Times, 2 Jan. 2025
Pretending to be dead, Gi-hun and his friends launch a surprise attack, overpowering the guards and seizing their weapons, leaving only one guard alive.
—Monica Mercuri, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2024
The Texans overpowered the Los Angeles Chargers 32-12 on Saturday to advance to the divisional round of the NFL playoffs next weekend.
—Jay R. Jordan, Axios, 13 Jan. 2025
Spiro tries and tries to get up, but he is overpowered.
—Martin McKenzie-Murray, SPIN, 7 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overpower
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Additionally, the foundation will focus on developing talent and smaller, less computationally intensive models, in regions outside the small group of countries that currently dominate AI’s development.—
Harry Booth / Paris,
TIME,
6 Feb. 2025
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For the past year and a half, the story of Tapestry was dominated a series of questions around the company’s $8.5 billion deal to buy Capri Holdings — from how the firm would turn around Michael Kors once the deal closed to whether the deal would close at all.—
Evan Clark,
WWD,
6 Feb. 2025
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Instead, Stephen Miller, the deputy White House chief of staff for policy, has taken the lead in the approach to overwhelm the opposition while moving quickly on the president's agenda.—
Kristan Hawkins,
Newsweek,
6 Feb. 2025
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For example, an American Iron Dome, if proven successful, could be seen as a threat by some and result in an arms race to overwhelm it.—
David Szondy,
New Atlas,
6 Feb. 2025
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Yes, the festival felt subdued with less star power than years past.—
Mia Galuppo,
The Hollywood Reporter,
1 Feb. 2025
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Nigh was subdued and taken into custody without further incident.—
Greg Norman,
Fox News,
29 Jan. 2025
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And Republicans control the Senate 53-47 – which is not a wide enough margin to overcome the 60-vote threshold needed to bypass the filibuster, meaning Republicans will need Democrats to avoid a shutdown.—
Riley Beggin,
USA TODAY,
11 Feb. 2025
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Janis overcomes significant obstacles – embezzlement, record industry misogyny, homophobia, and heartbreak – to find love and produce an indelible body of searingly honest songs that earned her a devoted following and critical acclaim.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
11 Feb. 2025
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But behind all the drama, The Notebook remains an incredibly romantic story about love conquering all — time, illness, and especially stubborn personalities.—
Janey Tracey,
EW.com,
7 Feb. 2025
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The story of Dieter that so cracks up Helena could also be interpreted as something about the pointlessness of trying to coexist with nature, when man is meant to conquer it.—
Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
7 Feb. 2025
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As the fires devastated the city, some of the first aid administered to Los Angeles was provided by chefs and restaurants.—
Stephanie Breijo,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Feb. 2025
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Friends began to worry, and then were devastated by the news, KATV reported.—
Mitchell Willetts,
Kansas City Star,
6 Feb. 2025
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Parisa keeps the cringe train chugging along by subjecting Grant to a full-on PowerPoint presentation about their future together, including creepy AI pictures of her pregnant.—
Kristen Baldwin,
EW.com,
28 Jan. 2025
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Aside from arguing the executive order’s constitutionality, the states say the order would subject all the children affected by it to deportation and make many of them stateless.—
Gene Johnson,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Jan. 2025
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Netanyahu meanwhile is under heavy pressure from his far-right political allies to resume the war after the first phase so that Hamas, which carried out the deadliest attack on Israelis in their history, can be defeated.—
Tia Goldenberg,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Feb. 2025
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In both instances, the Eagles defeated arguably the NFL’s most dominant team.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
9 Feb. 2025
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“Overpower.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overpower. Accessed 14 Feb. 2025.
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