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overwhelms
verb as in flood, beat physically
verb as in astonish, devastate
Example Sentences
“Similar idea: very localized, very extreme convective downpour that just completely overwhelms and is an almost unimaginable amount of water in a cloud burst,” Swain said.
“Under the previous administration, over ten million illegal immigrants entered the United States — a reality that harms our communities, overwhelms government services, and hurts businesses and working Americans alike,” they wrote.
History, here, ultimately overwhelms the new staging in a swank contemporary environment.
It is true that Trump and his agents’ strategy and tactic of “flooding the zone” overwhelms and distracts.
But also I’m not a big crowd person — it kind of overwhelms me.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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