overpowers
Subdues by force
Overpowers is the third-person singular of overpower, meaning to defeat or subdue through superior strength or force: The guard overpowers the intruder.
It extends to sensory or emotional dominance—a smell that overpowers a room, grief that overpowers composure.
When one flavor overpowers another, it masks or drowns it out: The garlic overpowers everything else in the dish.
Defeats and takes control
- vanquishesDefeats thoroughly in conflict
- subduesOvercomes and controls
- overcomesDefeats or masters
- crushesCompresses with force
dominates · triumphs · prevails · overwhelms · routs · trounces · beats · bests
Conquers by superior force
- saturatesFills to maximum capacity
- drowns outOverpowers with volume
- smothersSuppresses or suffocates
- permeatesPasses through entirely
inundates · engulfs · suffocates · assaults · bombards · floods · stifles · blankets
Conquers by superior force
- dominatesExerts supreme control
- masksFace-covering disguises
- drowns outOverpowers with volume
- eclipsesAstronomical occultations
smothers · saturates · infuses · permeates · suffocates · unbalances · clashes · overshadows
Holds back or controls
- pinsPointed sewing fasteners
- immobilizesPrevents any motion
- wrestlesFights using holds
- tacklesEngages or brings down
grapples · subdues · holds down · manhandles · forces · restrains · captures · binds
conquers
Defeats and takes control
- vanquishesDefeats thoroughly in conflict
- subduesOvercomes and controls
- overcomesDefeats or masters
crushes · dominates · triumphs · prevails · overwhelms · routs · trounces · beats · bests · masters
overwhelms
Conquers by superior force
- saturatesFills to maximum capacity
- drowns outOverpowers with volume
- smothersSuppresses or suffocates
permeates · inundates · engulfs · suffocates · assaults · bombards · floods · stifles · blankets · eclipses
overwhelms
Conquers by superior force
- dominatesExerts supreme control
- masksFace-covering disguises
- drowns outOverpowers with volume
eclipses · smothers · saturates · infuses · permeates · suffocates · unbalances · clashes · overshadows · overtakes
restrains
Holds back or controls
- pinsPointed sewing fasteners
- immobilizesPrevents any motion
- wrestlesFights using holds
tackles · grapples · subdues · holds down · manhandles · forces · restrains · captures · binds · overwhelms
overpowerssuccumbs
Yields to superior force
surrenders · yields · submits · capitulates · gives in