as in to overwhelm
to subject to incapacitating emotional or mental stress
the student was overmastered by the stress of taking the college placement test and broke down crying
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Recent Examples of overmaster
Passion is an intense, driving or overmastering feeling or conviction.
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Bird Brown, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 8 Dec. 2019
Jesus’ Son is about the force of addiction and the only thing that can overmaster it: the ecstatic experience of God.
—Longreads, 17 June 2017
Bird Brown, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 8 Dec. 2019
Jesus’ Son is about the force of addiction and the only thing that can overmaster it: the ecstatic experience of God.
—Longreads, 17 June 2017
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While Western allies have provided Ukraine with advanced air defense systems, including Patriot missiles, Russia's strategy appears designed to overwhelm these defenses with 'swarm' tactics—large, coordinated waves of missiles and drones aimed at saturating air defense systems.Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 13 Dec. 2024
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Much like last year’s The Zone of Interest, a film which almost feels like this adaptation is in conversation with, a genuine artist has peeled back the cinematic clichés that threaten to now overwhelm certain subjects and returned a horror, an urgency, and a palpable sense of life to them.David Fear, Rolling Stone, 12 Dec. 2024
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Lawmakers overcame the 60-vote threshold to bypass a filibuster in a 73-27 vote.Lisa Hagen, Hartford Courant, 19 Dec. 2024
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Yet, deeper reading reveals an honest assessment of the challenges still to be overcome in making change a reality.Lauren Coulman, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
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Officials are assessing damage after Cyclone Chido devastated the island of Mayotte over the weekend.Kinsey Crowley, USA TODAY, 16 Dec. 2024
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The booth was directly across the street from MacArthur Park, the epicenter of a drug epidemic that has devastated the Westlake neighborhood.Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 14 Dec. 2024
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“Overmaster.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overmaster. Accessed 25 Dec. 2024.
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