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Whelm

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Verb

1. overcome, overpower, overtake, overwhelm, sweep over, whelm

overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Whelm

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verb (transitive) archaic
1. 
to engulf entirely with or as if with water
2.  another word for overwhelm

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Whelm

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verb transitive
1. 
to submerge, cover, or engulf
2. 
to overpower or crush; overwhelm

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Whelm

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tr.v. whelmed, whelm·ing, whelms
Archaic
1. To cover with water; submerge.
2. To overwhelm.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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