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单词 snowed under
释义

snow under

verb

snowed under; snowing under; snows under

transitive verb

1
: to overwhelm especially in excess of capacity to absorb or deal with something
2
: to defeat by a large margin

Synonyms

  • annihilate
  • blow away
  • bomb
  • bury
  • clobber
  • cream
  • drub
  • dust
  • flatten
  • paste
  • rout
  • shellac
  • skin
  • skunk
  • smoke [slang]
  • smother
  • thrash
  • trim
  • tromp
  • trounce
  • wallop
  • wax [slang]
  • whip
  • whomp
  • whop
  • whap
  • whup
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Example Sentences

the challenger snowed the incumbent under in a big upset snowed under by the huge pile of paperwork

Word History

First Known Use

1880, in the meaning defined at sense 1

snowed under

verb

past tense of snow under
1
as in blew away
to defeat by a large margin the challenger snowed the incumbent under in a big upset

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • blew away
  • bombed
  • buried
  • whipped
  • upset
  • ate alive
  • overcame
  • flattened
  • mastered
  • ran rings around
  • beat
  • annihilated
  • dusted
  • smothered
  • trimmed
  • pasted
  • routed
  • wiped the floor with
  • beat the pants off
  • wiped the ground with
  • topped
  • smoked
  • thrashed
  • skinned
  • threw
  • clobbered
  • overwhelmed
  • trounced
  • ran circles around
  • creamed
  • shellacked
  • knocked over
  • waxed
  • whupped
  • walloped
  • knocked off
  • tromped
  • destroyed
  • swept
  • conquered
  • scored
  • surpassed
  • succeeded
  • whapped
  • exceeded
  • skunked
  • whomped
  • took
  • drubbed
  • dispatched
  • capped
  • whopped
  • prevailed (over)
  • crushed
  • nosed out
  • triumphed (over)
  • licked
  • finished
  • subdued
  • slaughtered
  • overmatched
  • subjugated
  • aced (out)
  • overthrew
  • vanquished
  • eclipsed
  • surmounted
  • worsted
  • overpowered
  • upended
  • transcended
  • flourished
  • outshone
  • hurdled
  • bested
  • outstripped
  • overtopped
  • excelled
  • did in
  • won (against)
  • outdistanced
  • bettered
  • outdid
  • edged (out)
  • pipped
  • overbore
  • sunk
  • broke
  • sank
  • outfought
  • outshined
2
as in overwhelmed
to subject to incapacitating emotional or mental stress snowed under by the huge pile of paperwork

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • overwhelmed
  • devastated
  • overcame
  • crushed
  • ground (down)
  • oppressed
  • overmastered
  • swamped
  • overpowered
  • disturbed
  • floored
  • rocked
  • prostrated
  • drowned
  • defeated
  • upset
  • whelmed
  • sunk
  • shattered
  • sank
  • deluged
  • refuted
  • distressed
  • threw
  • staggered
  • confuted
  • unmanned
  • unnerved
  • demoralized
  • broke
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