tr.v., -ered, -er·ing, -ers.

1. To overcome or vanquish by superior force; subdue.
2. To affect so strongly as to make helpless or ineffective; overwhelm.
3. To supply with excessive mechanical power.

verb

1. To render totally ineffective by decisive defeat: annihilate, crush, drub, overwhelm, smash, steamroller, thrash, trounce, vanquish. Informal massacre, wallop. Slang clobber, cream, shellac, smear. See win/lose/recovery.
2. To affect deeply or completely, as with emotion: crush, engulf, overcome, overwhelm, prostrate. See affect/ineffectiveness.

v

Definition: beat; get the upper hand
Antonyms: surrender, yield

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IN BRIEF: To defeat through force.

Her karate teacher demonstrated techniques to overpower an opponent.

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - overvælde, overmande

Nederlands (Dutch)
overweldigen, overmeesteren, overheersen (b.v. smaak)

Français (French)
v. tr. - maîtriser, vaincre, (fig) accabler

Deutsch (German)
v. - überwältigen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - καταδαμάζω, καταβάλλω, κατανικώ, συντρίβω, καταπνίγω, εξουδετερώνω, ακινητοποιώ, κατατροπώνω

Italiano (Italian)
sopraffare, conquistare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - sobrepujar, derrotar, dominar, poder demasiado

Русский (Russian)
одолеть, превозмочь

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - dominar, vencer, abrumar, agobiar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - överväldiga, övermanna

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
制服, 供给...过强的力量, 压倒

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 制服, 供給...過強的力量, 壓倒

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 이기다, 압도하다, 못 견디게 하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 負かす, 圧倒する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يغلب ( بالقوة), يستبد‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮הכניע, השתלט, שעבד, עשה (דבר) ללא יעיל או לא נראה באמצעות עוצמה גדולה יותר, היה חזק מדי (חום, רגש וכו'), המם‬

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