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overcome
overcome
adj : rendered powerless especially by an excessive amount or
profusion of something; "a desk flooded with
applications"; "felt inundated with work"; "too much
overcome to notice"; "a man engulfed by fear"; "swamped
by work" [syn: {flooded}, {inundated}, {overpowered}, {overwhelmed},
{swamped}, {engulfed}]
[also: {overcame}]
overcome
v 1: win a victory over; "You must overcome all difficulties";
"defeat your enemies"; "He overcame his shyness"; "She
conquered here fear of mice"; "He overcame his
infirmity"; "Her anger got the better of her and she
blew up" [syn: {get the better of}, {defeat}]
2: get on top of; deal with successfully; "He overcame his
shyness" [syn: {get over}, {subdue}, {surmount}, {master}]
3: overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli [syn: {overwhelm},
{overpower}, {sweep over}, {whelm}, {overtake}]
4: overcome, usually through no fault or weakness of the person
that is overcome; "Heart disease can get the best of us"
[syn: {get the best}, {have the best}]
[also: {overcame}]
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