Sentence examples for responded with overwhelming from inspiring English sources

The government responded with overwhelming force, using militias that came to be known as the janjaweed.

Crowds gathered in dozens of cities and China's security apparatus responded with overwhelming force.

Unlike the guerrillas, American troops generally appeared to make an effort not to fire at random, but when fired upon they responded with overwhelming force.

Despite the meager size of the protests, government security forces have responded with overwhelming force, killing at least five people since the protests began, including a young child, and wounding and arresting hundreds more.

He was initially joined by only a few fellow protesters, but Mr. Museveni's government responded with overwhelming force, locking up hundreds of opposition supporters and at times using tear gas and water cannons to disperse even small numbers of protesters.

Police say a note found by a burning bus on November 24th explicitly linked the campaign, the UPPs and the 2016 Olympics, due to be held in Rio: "with UPPs, no Olympics", it read.The city has responded with overwhelming force to a threat that its mayor, Eduardo Paes, has described as terrorism.

In it Mr Bush reserves the right (as other presidents before him) to respond with "overwhelming force including through resort to all our options" to use of such weapons against American territory, forces or friends.

Wal-Mart has responded with an all-out push meant to overwhelm and outmaneuver its far less deep-pocketed opposition.

But the numbers have overwhelmed international goodwill, and Western countries have responded with new visa requirements, deportations and the tightening of immigration and asylum regulations.

During the cold war, the Soviets began an intensive radio-jamming campaign, and the United States responded with a "ring plan" — vast deployments of strategically placed shortwave transmitters meant to overwhelm the jammers.

He responded with defiance.