(overwhelms, overwhelming, overwhelmed)
1.
If you are overwhelmed by a feeling or event, it affects you very strongly, and you do not know how to deal with it.
He was overwhelmed by a longing for times past...
The need to talk to someone, anyone, overwhelmed her.
= overpower
VERB: be V-ed, V n
• overwhelmed
Sightseers may be a little overwhelmed by the crowds and noise.
ADJ: usu v-link ADJ
2.
If a group of people overwhelm a place or another group, they gain complete control or victory over them.
It was clear that one massive Allied offensive would overwhelm the weakened enemy.
= overpower
VERB: V n