1645 J. Vicars Looking-glasse for Malignants, Enlarged sig. B4 Their most injurious cruelties and insolencies upon the over-powered persons of some of the friends of the Parliament.

1648 J. Beaumont Psyche ii. 13 Lust, who in ambush lay, the on-set gives To careless Psyche, as she gads abroad: Charis the over-powred Maid reliev's.

1826 S. Woodworth King's Bridge Cottage i. i. 6 With the same calm countenance he received the submission of his overpowered enemy, and congratulated his fellow soldiers upon their victory.

1890 Atlantic Monthly May 623/2 [He] was now wriggling with vitality, suppressed interest, and an overpowered but abiding sense of misconduct.

1918 S. V. Benét Young Adventure (1920) 68 Like the swift turns and starts of an overpowered fencer Who sees before him Horror Behind him darkness.

1961 S. D. Kertesz Amer. Diplomacy in New Era i. 1 The fundamental purpose [of warfare] remained unchanged—to impose the victor's will on an overpowered enemy.

1996 J. I. Suryakusuma in L. J. Sears Fantasizing Feminine in Indonesia i. 111 A second [type of marriage] is that of the ‘overpowered husband’ whose wife is dominant.

1971 A. Diment Think Inc. iv. 56 Fast acceleration because Corvairs are overpowered if anything which is definitely the right way to be.

1990 Good Housek. (U.K. ed.) May 7/2 (advt.) And because it powers a more efficient vacuum cleaner, it doesn't need to be overpowered.

2000 J. Doyle Taken for Ride xxii. 440 The industry moved from four- to six-cylinder engines in the 1930s..to the overpowered Pontiac GTO and Dodge Charger muscle cars of the 1960s and 1970s.