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overwhelm

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overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli

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Cognitive

Understand72%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

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Variants

synonym
delugeovercomeovermasteroverpowerovertakesubmergesweep overwhelm
pasttense
overwhelmed
presentparticiple
overwhelming
thirdpersonsingular
overwhelms
pastparticiple
overwhelmed

Framework definitions

Wordset Dictionary4 sensesview framework →
§1
charge someone with too many tasks
§2
overcome by superior force
§3
cover completely or make imperceptible
§4
overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli
DR-088 backfill from the verb definition column

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