overpower

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

OVERPOW'ER, verb transitive 1. To affect with a power or force that cannot be borne; as, the light overpowers the eyes. 2. To vanquish by force; to subdue; to reduce to silence in action or submission; to defeat.
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