overpower

overpower
transitive verb Date: 1593 1. to overcome by superior force ; subdue 2. to affect with overwhelming intensity <
the stench overpowered us
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3. to provide with more power than is needed or desirable <
a dangerously overpowered car
>
overpoweringly adverb

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