overborne
Defeated by force
Overborne is the past participle of overbear—to overwhelm, subdue, or prevail over by superior force or authority.
Someone overborne by grief has been crushed by it.
A dissenting voice overborne by the majority was silenced or dismissed: Her objections were overborne by the committee's insistence on moving forward.
Defeated completely
- conqueredDefeated and took control
- subduedReduced in intensity
- overpoweredExcessively dominant or conquered
- crushedCompressed into fragments
beaten · overthrown · routed · bested · trounced · undone · outmaneuvered · subjugated
Overwhelmed beyond capacity
- inundatedOverwhelmed by quantity
- engulfedCompletely swallowed up
- delugedOverwhelmed by abundance
- floodedCovered with water
overrun · besieged · bombarded · submerged · snowed under · drowning · overcome · overloaded
Made heavy by burden
- ladenHeavily weighted down
- encumberedMade difficult to move
- overburdenedCarrying more than manageable
- overloadedBurdened past capacity
taxed · strained · pressed · oppressed · crushed · saddled · bowed · bent
Forcibly held in
- smotheredDeprived of air
- quashedAnnulled or suppressed
- silencedRendered unable to speak
- crushedCompressed into fragments
squelched · repressed · subdued · overridden · steamrolled · bulldozed · trampled · disregarded
vanquished
Defeated completely
- conqueredDefeated and took control
- subduedReduced in intensity
- overpoweredExcessively dominant or conquered
crushed · beaten · overthrown · routed · bested · trounced · undone · outmaneuvered · subjugated · overcome
swamped
Overwhelmed beyond capacity
flooded · overrun · besieged · bombarded · submerged · snowed under · drowning · overcome · overloaded · saturated
weighed down
Made heavy by burden
- ladenHeavily weighted down
- encumberedMade difficult to move
- overburdenedCarrying more than manageable
overloaded · taxed · strained · pressed · oppressed · crushed · saddled · bowed · bent · weighted
stifled
Forcibly held in
crushed · squelched · repressed · subdued · overridden · steamrolled · bulldozed · trampled · disregarded · dismissed
overbornevictorious
Having achieved triumph
triumphant · dominant · conquering · prevailing · overbearing
overborneunyielding
Refusing to give way
unconquered · undefeated · unbowed · unsubdued · resistant
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