OVERWHELM vs DROWN: NOUN
- The act of overwhelming; an overpowering degree.
- The act of overwhelming.
- N/A
OVERWHELM vs DROWN: VERB
- Cover completely or make imperceptible
- Overcome by superior force
- Charge someone with too many tasks
- To engulf, surge-over and submerge
- To overpower, crush
- To overpower emotionally
- Overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli
- Die from being submerged in water, getting water into the lungs, and asphyxiating
- Get rid of as if by submerging
- Kill by submerging in water
- Cover completely or make imperceptible
- To lose, make hard to find or unnoticeable in an abundant mass
- Be covered with or submerged in a liquid
OVERWHELM vs DROWN: INTRANSITIVE VERB
- N/A
- To kill by submerging and suffocating in water or another liquid.
- To drench thoroughly or cover with or as if with a liquid.
- To deaden one's awareness of; blot out.
- To muffle or mask (a sound) by a louder sound.
- To be suffocated in water or other fluid; to perish in water.
OVERWHELM vs DROWN: TRANSITIVE VERB
- To cover over completely, as by a great wave; to overflow and bury beneath; to ingulf; hence, figuratively, to immerse and bear down; to overpower; to crush; to bury; to oppress, etc., overpoweringly.
- To project or impend over threateningly.
- To cause to surround, to cover.
- To turn over; upset.
- To present with an excessive amount.
- To affect deeply in mind or emotion.
- To defeat completely and decisively.
- To surge over and submerge; engulf.
- To swallow up.
- To overpower; to overcome; to extinguish; -- said especially of sound.
- To overwhelm in water; to submerge; to inundate.
OVERWHELM vs DROWN: OTHER WORD TYPES
- To overhang or overlook.
- To turn over so as to cover; put over.
- Synonyms Overpower, Overthrow, etc. (see defeat), overbear.
- To overturn and cover; overcome; swallow up; submerge; overpower: crush: literally or figuratively.
- To turn up; stir up; toss.
- In physical geography, to submerge beneath the waters of a lake or ocean: said of a valley that is thus converted into a bay by a relative change of land- and water-level. See drowned stream.
- In tobacco culture, to injure by long-continued rain followed by warm sunshine. The tobacco soon wilts under these conditions. Also called scald.
- To be suffocated by immersion in water or other liquid.
- To suffocate by immersion in water or other liquid; hence, to destroy, extinguish, or ruin by or as if by submersion.
- To overflow; inundate: as, to drown land.
- Figuratively, to plunge deeply; submerge; overwhelm: as, to drown remorse in sensual pleasure.
- Be in danger of dying from submersion in a liquid and asphyxiation
- (idiom) (drown (one's) sorrow/sorrows) To try to forget one's troubles by drinking alcohol.
OVERWHELM vs DROWN: RELATED WORDS
- Displace, Pummel, Saturate, Dominate, Engulf, Sweep over, Overmaster, Flood out, Deluge, Overcome, Whelm, Submerge, Overtake, Drown, Overpower
- Dive, Hide, Sinks, Dead, Capsized, Dilute, Stifle, Saturate, Swamp, Inundate, Die, Sink, Suffocate, Overwhelm, Submerge
OVERWHELM vs DROWN: DESCRIBE WORDS
- Overload, Annihilate, Negate, Crush, Displace, Pummel, Saturate, Dominate, Engulf, Sweep over, Deluge, Overcome, Submerge, Overtake, Overpower
- Plunge, Flood, Dive, Hide, Dead, Capsized, Dilute, Stifle, Saturate, Swamp, Inundate, Die, Sink, Overwhelm, Submerge
OVERWHELM vs DROWN: SENTENCE EXAMPLES
- Powerful Lion respond to things that overwhelm him?
- The message colors convey, however, should never overwhelm.
- We also did not want to overwhelm you.
- "Our cases overwhelm the entire criminal justice system.
- Clean energy technologies threaten to overwhelm the grid.
- They thought to overwhelm the intruders by surprise.
- All the while, emotions threatened to overwhelm him.
- GX have the ability to overwhelm many challengers.
- This curriculum did not overwhelm Jude at all.
- Supplement Decision Overwhelm, Compliance, Micronutrient Testing, Healthy Bread?
- But then Lawson tried to drown the infant.
- Crocodiles often drown and then dismember their prey.
- Teresa says: Hi Linda Drown are you back.
- Otherwise the compatibility issues will literally drown you.
- Or leave him to drown in Pig Vat.
- How long does it take to drown someone?
- It sinks, and most of the characters drown.
- Instead we're going to dive in. You might drown, but we're going to drown with you.
- If I could drown in sleep as I drown in fear I would be no longer alive.
- Dark drown eyes, dark drown hair, amazing smile and friendly heart.
OVERWHELM vs DROWN: QUESTIONS
- What were the signs that the market would likely overwhelm supply?
- What are the biggest challenges with dealing with overwhelm?
- Which is the best definition of the word overwhelm?
- How to stop ADHD overwhelm from getting in your way?
- Why this lightweight text editor may overwhelm some people?
- What are 9 letter words containing LM pulmonary overwhelm?
- How is Mariam's overwhelm affected by the helphosseini?
- Did Hilda Nilsson use a coal scuttle to drown children?
- Why do ants sometimes drown in Terro liquid ant bait?
- What have you learned from the poem'drip or drown'?
- What did Bickings say when police told him to drown?
- Can the Dancing Water computer speakers drown out background noise?
- Are Native Americans less likely to drown in cold water?
- Did teens laugh as disabled man drown in Florida pond?
- What drives young children to drown in swimming pools?
- What was Ruth drown's first radio therapy experience?
- Did an Arkansas man drown saving children in Oklahoma?