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Discover LudwigThe phrase "overpowering force" is correct and can be used in written English.
You can use this phrase to describe a situation or person that has an overwhelming influence, or is too powerful to resist. For example, "The force of her personality was an overpowering force that her classmates could not ignore."
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PORTLAND, Ore .— Deep teams, quality ones built to win championships, have strong frontcourts or at least one overpowering force.
The new German vision of stability depended not on the spread of international law but on troops and police, racial politics and the threat of overpowering force.
The entrepreneur's life is precarious, and Mr. Taylor had to stay ahead of consumer products giants like Procter & Gamble and Lever Brothers, which could move into the market with overpowering force after one of his products proved successful.
Pittsburgh had no such luck against Arrieta, with manager Clint Hurdle seemingly flummoxed on how to get to attack a right-hander who has matured from raw project into overpowering force.
We there held that where officers stated that they were revenue officers and requested admission to the premises in order to make a search there was, as a matter of law, 'implied coercion.' Inasmuch 'as conduct under duress involves a choice,' the Fourth Amendment is hardly to be nullified by finding every submission short of overpowering force 'voluntary.' See Union Pac. R. Co. v. Public Serv.
Baring telegrammed the Colonial Secretary in London asking for his approval to use "overpowering" force.
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They appeared ill-equipped for the fight against a rampant Isis that stormed Ramadi on Sunday, overpowering government forces and tribal fighters there.
This triggered an outpouring of popular anger that led to hundreds of people setting ablaze cars, storming the National Assembly, overpowering security forces, attacking the national television headquarters, and torching the parliament.
Do not try to overpower or force your dog if it resists brushing.
Against N.F.L.-style athletes, he frequently gets overpowered and forced out of position.
The announcement by the Army Corps of Engineers that the flood walls would be replaced was the clearest admission yet by the corps that much of New Orleans' levee system had long been flawed, and was not simply overpowered by forces that went beyond what the system was designed to withstand.
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