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单词 overmasters
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overmaster

verb

over·​mas·​ter ˌō-vər-ˈma-stər How to pronounce overmaster (audio)
overmastered; overmastering; overmasters

transitive verb

: overpower, subdue

Synonyms

  • crush
  • devastate
  • floor
  • grind (down)
  • oppress
  • overcome
  • overpower
  • overwhelm
  • prostrate
  • snow under
  • swamp
  • whelm
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Example Sentences

the student was overmastered by the stress of taking the college placement test and broke down crying
Recent Examples on the Web Passion is an intense, driving or overmastering feeling or conviction. Bird Brown, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 8 Dec. 2019 Jesus’ Son is about the force of addiction and the only thing that can overmaster it: the ecstatic experience of God. Longreads, 17 June 2017

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above

overmasters

verb

present tense third-person singular of overmaster
as in overwhelms
to subject to incapacitating emotional or mental stress the student was overmastered by the stress of taking the college placement test and broke down crying

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • overwhelms
  • overcomes
  • devastates
  • snows under
  • grinds (down)
  • swamps
  • rocks
  • crushes
  • floors
  • oppresses
  • whelms
  • overpowers
  • prostrates
  • disturbs
  • drowns
  • defeats
  • deluges
  • sinks
  • unmans
  • upsets
  • refutes
  • distresses
  • shatters
  • confutes
  • throws
  • staggers
  • unnerves
  • demoralizes
  • breaks
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