0 past simple and past participle of overwhelm
3 If water overwhelms a place, it covers it suddenly and completely.
The authors have had to be selective, otherwise the readership would have been overwhelmed by conflicting evidence and comment.
One member noted that communities could be overwhelmed by repeated consultations.
Being so easily overwhelmed with information must reduce our ability to respond rapidly and effectively to predators and other dangers.
But, eventually, severe military threat overwhelmed all other factors.
Will tropical forests also be overwhelmed by exotic species, or do tropical forests possess some resistance against invasive species?
A jaunty canon between woodwind and percussion then gets rapidly overwhelmed by brass.
However, if this radiologist is overwhelmed by a flood of images from a network of institutions, misdiagnosis may occur.
Parental involvement is especially important for younger adolescents who may become overwhelmed by some of the more specific information regarding medication and its side effects.
