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All overcame synonyms

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verb overcame

  • overwhelmed — to overcome completely in mind or feeling: overwhelmed by remorse.
  • incapacitated — unable to act, respond, or the like (often used euphemistically when one is busy or otherwise occupied): He can't come to the phone now—he's incapacitated.
  • disabled — physically or mentally impaired, injured, or incapacitated.
  • killed — Cause the death of (a person, animal, or other living thing).
  • asphyxiated — Simple past tense and past participle of asphyxiate.
  • choked — If you say something in a choked voice or if your voice is choked with emotion, your voice does not have its full sound, because you are upset or frightened.
  • beat — If you beat someone or something, you hit them very hard.
  • defeated — having suffered defeat; beaten
  • conquered — to acquire by force of arms; win in war: to conquer a foreign land.
  • crushed — to press or squeeze with a force that destroys or deforms.
  • reduced — that is or has been reduced.
  • stunned — to deprive of consciousness or strength by or as if by a blow, fall, etc.: The blow to his jaw stunned him for a moment.
  • surmounted — to mount upon; get on the top of; mount upon and cross over: to surmount a hill.
  • survived — to continue to live or exist after the death, cessation, or occurrence of: His wife survived him. He survived the operation.
  • weathered — seasoned or otherwise affected by exposure to the weather.
  • won — simple past tense and past participle of win1 .
  • downed — from higher to lower; in descending direction or order; toward, into, or in a lower position: to come down the ladder.
  • drowned — Die through submersion in and inhalation of water.
  • hurdled — Simple past tense and past participle of hurdle.
  • licked — Simple past tense and past participle of lick.
  • mastered — a person with the ability or power to use, control, or dispose of something: a master of six languages; to be master of one's fate.
  • outlived — Simple past tense and past participle of outlive.
  • prevailed — to be widespread or current; exist everywhere or generally: Silence prevailed along the funeral route.
  • prostrated — to cast (oneself) face down on the ground in humility, submission, or adoration.
  • rendered — to cause to be or become; make: to render someone helpless.
  • shocked — a group of sheaves of grain placed on end and supporting one another in the field.
  • subdued — quiet; inhibited; repressed; controlled: After the argument he was much more subdued.
  • threw — a simple past tense of throw.
  • vanquished — to conquer or subdue by superior force, as in battle.
  • whelmed — to submerge; engulf.
  • worsted — that which is worst.
  • affected — If you describe someone's behaviour as affected, you disapprove of the fact that they behave in an unnatural way that is intended to impress other people.
  • gripped — the act of grasping; a seizing and holding fast; firm grasp.
  • seized — to take hold of suddenly or forcibly; grasp: to seize a weapon.
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