How to pronounce“overwhelm”in English
verbAnd as I said, many of these feelings are positive: The beauty of butterflies, the wonder of fireflies, the sweet nostalgia that can
overwhelm us with the sound of crickets or cicadas but many are negative. And after I'd written a chapter about how
amazing bees are, particularly honeybees, I wrote this chapter, which is a short chapter I want to read to you which is called My Nightmares.
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Definitions of “overwhelm”
To engulf, surge over and submerge.
“The dinghy was overwhelmed by the great wave.”
To overpower, crush.
“In December 1939 the Soviet Union attacked Finland with overwhelming force.”
The state or condition of being overwhelmed.
“If you beat your opponent by a margin of 5 or more, you have Overwhelmingly Succeeded. This type of success is often simply called an Overwhelm. […] An overwhelm means you've not only succeeded, but you've done something better than the average success would be.”
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