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| acrophobia |
an overwhelming fear of high places. |
| avalanche |
the sudden and overwhelming influx of anything. [1/4 definitions] |
| barrage |
an overwhelming quantity of things following one another rapidly. [1/3 definitions] |
| blockbuster |
a person or thing of great force and overwhelming power. [1/2 definitions] |
| blockbusting |
having overwhelming force or effectiveness. [1/3 definitions] |
| cytokine storm |
a severe immune reaction of the body in which cytokines, which normally help in the process of fighting infection, are released in overwhelming numbers and begin to attack healthy cells. |
| deep |
overwhelming. [1/13 definitions] |
| deluge |
an overwhelming quantity. [1/5 definitions] |
| desperate |
possessed of an overwhelming need or desire. [1/4 definitions] |
| devastate |
to upset greatly; have an overwhelming effect on. [1/2 definitions] |
| imposing |
overwhelming in size or character; demanding attention; impressive. |
| intimidate |
to discourage, deter, or inhibit, as with an overwhelming display of wealth, power, ability, or perceived superiority. [1/2 definitions] |
| juggernaut |
any large, overwhelming force, group, or object. [1/2 definitions] |
| massive |
in medicine, overwhelming or spread throughout the body. [1/3 definitions] |
| oceanic |
vast or overwhelming, as the ocean. [1/2 definitions] |
| panic |
of, concerning, or caused by sudden overwhelming fear. [2/6 definitions] |
| smoke out |
to force out of a refuge by, or as if by, overwhelming with smoke. [1/2 definitions] |
| steamroller |
to suppress or defeat by overwhelming power; crush. [1/5 definitions] |
| succumb |
to give in or give way to a fatal illness, superior force, overwhelming desire, or the like; yield. |
| sweeping |
of contest results, overwhelming; one-sided. [1/5 definitions] |
| terror |
overwhelming fear. [1/4 definitions] |
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