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overpowero‧ver‧pow‧er /ˌəʊvəˈpaʊə $ ˌoʊvərˈpaʊr/ verb [transitive] VERB TABLEoverpower |
Present | I, you, we, they | overpower | | he, she, it | overpowers | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | overpowered | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have overpowered | | he, she, it | has overpowered | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had overpowered | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will overpower | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have overpowered |
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Present | I | am overpowering | | he, she, it | is overpowering | | you, we, they | are overpowering | Past | I, he, she, it | was overpowering | | you, we, they | were overpowering | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been overpowering | | he, she, it | has been overpowering | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been overpowering | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be overpowering | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been overpowering |
- The wine is bland enough not to overpower the fish.
- Three inmates overpowered guards at the county jail in Madison.
- Dara seized a kitchen knife and tried to defend himself, but the thugs overpowered him.
- He could see that her body was naked beneath the midnight blue silk of her robe and her scent overpowered his senses.
- Rather than fill me with ecstasy or gladness, this breakthrough overpowered me with dread.
- The streets are clean, there's no smog to dull the sunshine, and the skyscrapers don't overpower.
- Then the artillery, such as was saved, came thundering along, smashing and overpowering everything.
- They overpowered the Jets at the line of scrimmage, ushering Aska toward 136 rushing yards.
- Viduka benefited from an overpowering sense of Olympic pride and spirit.
► overpowering smell (=very strong)· The smell of disinfectant was overpowering. nounpowersuperpowerpowerlessnessempowermentadjectivepowerful ≠ powerlessoverpoweringpowerpoweredverbpowerempoweroverpoweradverbpowerfully ≠ powerlesslyoverpoweringly 1to take control of someone physically because you are stronger: The security guards soon overpowered the man.2if a smell, taste, or emotion overpowers you, it affects you very strongly: Her scent overpowered his senses. She was overpowered by grief. |