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verb
- 1. defeat or overcome with superior strength: "he overpowered the two men and frogmarched them to the police station" Similar
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OVERPOWER definition: 1. to defeat someone by having greater strength or power: 2. If a smell or feeling overpowers you…. Learn more.
The meaning of OVERPOWER is to overcome by superior force : subdue. How to use overpower in a sentence.
To overpower is to overcome with greater strength. In order to win an arm-wrestling match, you must overpower your opponent. The word overpower is often used in situations where great force is used or required against some person or thing. One army might overpower another, or a mugger might overpower his victim.
Overpower definition: to overcome, master, or subdue by superior force. See examples of OVERPOWER used in a sentence.
overpower somebody to defeat or gain control over somebody completely by using greater strength. Police finally managed to overpower the gunman. Manchester United completely overpowered their rivals to win 4–0.
Definitions of 'overpower' 1. If you overpower someone, you manage to take hold of and keep hold of them, although they struggle a lot. [...] 2. If a feeling overpowers you, it suddenly affects you very strongly. [...] 3. In a sports match, when one team or player overpowers the other, they play much better than the other and beat them easily.
Definition of overpower verb in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
