According to one conspirator, on a foggy night after the weapons had been loaded onto trucks, a group of men overpowered the shipment’s guards, who were gagged, bundled into a car and driven to a country house outside Moscow.
The Mobster Who Brought Armenia and Azerbaijan Together … in Death|Fiona Zublin|October 9, 2020|Ozy
A middle school teacher in Sheboygan told me that kids were spending the whole day in the same classroom, and the smell of sanitizer was overpowering.
The Students Left Behind by Remote Learning|by Alec MacGillis|September 28, 2020|ProPublica
And hearing how loud he would scream and overpower the microphone.
The Real Legacy of Richard Nixon|Scott Porch|August 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But the statistic cannot overpower the emotional response to flying.
No, Noah Gallagher Shannon, Your Plane Was Not Going to Crash|Clive Irving|June 1, 2013|DAILY BEAST
There are moments the grim metal can overpower the sleazy pop charm of early material.
Guns N’ Roses Rocks Las Vegas|Richard Abowitz|November 14, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Enough smarts to speak before the cameras, but not so much smarts that you overpower your husband.
No More Mrs. Good Wife|Jessica Bennett|July 2, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Blake Gopnik takes a stroll and wonders whether the technology will overpower the art.
Google Takes Street View Inside 17 Museums for Virtual Tours|Blake Gopnik|February 1, 2011|DAILY BEAST
The climate of Cumberland does not overpower one—the air is of a quality that urges you on to think and do.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 5 (of 14)|Elbert Hubbard
Soon there were enough stalwart savages there easily to overpower, in a hand-to-hand fight, the feeble garrison of but six men.
Christopher Carson|John S. C. Abbott
On feeling it pulled all the party below were to spring up on deck and overpower the crew forward.
The Missing Ship|W. H. G. Kingston
Mr. Dangerfield's bold proposition seemed quite to overpower and unman him.
The House by the Church-Yard|J. Sheridan Le Fanu
If the gate is only barred, no doubt we should be able to overpower the sentry, and get the gate open before any alarm is given.
The Tiger of Mysore|G. A. Henty
British Dictionary definitions for overpower
overpower
/ (ˌəʊvəˈpaʊə) /
verb(tr)
to conquer or subdue by superior force
to have such a strong effect on as to make helpless or ineffective