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to overwhelming
verb
To engulf, surge over and submerge.
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Overwhelming excitement in one game turned to overwhelming fear in the next.
The bill passed the Commons anyway, thanks to overwhelming support from Labour and the Liberal Democrats.
In the West, it ranges from narrow (California) to overwhelming (the rest).
The effect was instantaneous — both bills went from easy sailing to overwhelming defeat.
All other measures, including pipeline protests, will fall to overwhelming market forces.
That second fact was generally laid to lack of effort rather than to overwhelming dedication.
In general, often-promised flavors like mint, ginger, cardamom or cilantro were lost to overwhelming chilies.
Thanks to overwhelming bipartisan support from this Congress, we have improved foster care.
The Handmaid's Tale was published in 1985 to overwhelming critical acclaim.
The Antlers magnify private sorrows to overwhelming scale, creating grand anthems and then smearing them with noise.
Rick Santorum, the Senate's most energetic social conservative, went down to overwhelming defeat — man on dog won't hunt, either, apparently.
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