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āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "overwhelm"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻ…āϤāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ  āĻ•āϰāĻž, āφāĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§āϟ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to overpower someone or something emotionally or mentally, leaving them unable to respond effectively
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The students were overwhelmed by the complexity of the assignment.
āĻ›āĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰāϰāĻž āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāϏāĻžāχāύāĻŽā§‡āĻ¨ā§āĻŸā§‡āϰ āϜāϟāĻŋāϞāϤāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāĻ­ā§‚āϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻ…āϤāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ  āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϚāĻžāĻĒāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to burden someone with more work, responsibilities, or demands than they can manage
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He was overwhelmed by requests from clients.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻ•ā§āϞāĻžāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ¨ā§āϟāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ…āύ⧁āϰ⧋āϧ⧇ āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāĻ­ā§‚āϤ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻĒāϰāĻžāϜāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻšā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to defeat or overpower by superior physical or strategic force
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Floodwaters overwhelms the levee.
āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϝāĻžāϰ āĻĒāĻžāύāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāρāϧāϕ⧇ āφāĻšā§āĻ›āĻ¨ā§āύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻĄā§āĻŦāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāĻ­ā§‚āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to completely cover or submerge something so that it becomes hard to perceive or manage
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The room was overwhelmed by smoke.
āϘāϰāϟāĻŋ āϧ⧋āρāϝāĻŧāĻžāϝāĻŧ āφāĻšā§āĻ›āĻ¨ā§āύ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ—āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

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