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All whelm synonyms

whelm
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verb whelm

  • defeat β€” If you defeat someone, you win a victory over them in a battle, game, or contest.
  • conquer β€” If one country or group of people conquers another, they take complete control of their land.
  • crush β€” To crush something means to press it very hard so that its shape is destroyed or so that it breaks into pieces.
  • reduce β€” to bring down to a smaller extent, size, amount, number, etc.: to reduce one's weight by 10 pounds.
  • stun β€” 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.
  • surmount β€” to mount upon; get on the top of; mount upon and cross over: to surmount a hill.
  • survive β€” to remain alive after the death of someone, the cessation of something, or the occurrence of some event; continue to live: Few survived after the holocaust.
  • weather β€” the state of the atmosphere with respect to wind, temperature, cloudiness, moisture, pressure, etc.
  • win β€” to finish first in a race, contest, or the like.
  • best β€” Best is the superlative of good.
  • down β€” from higher to lower; in descending direction or order; toward, into, or in a lower position: to come down the ladder.
  • hurdle β€” a portable barrier over which contestants must leap in certain running races, usually a wooden frame with a hinged inner frame that swings down under impact to prevent injury to a runner who does not clear it.
  • lick β€” to pass the tongue over the surface of, as to moisten, taste, or eat (often followed by up, off, from, etc.): to lick a postage stamp; to lick an ice-cream cone.
  • master β€” botmaster
  • outlive β€” to live longer than; survive (a person, period, etc.): She outlived her husband by many years.
  • overthrow β€” to depose, as from a position of power; overcome, defeat, or vanquish: to overthrow a tyrant.
  • prevail β€” to be widespread or current; exist everywhere or generally: Silence prevailed along the funeral route.
  • render β€” to cause to be or become; make: to render someone helpless.
  • shock β€” a thick, bushy mass, as of hair.
  • subdue β€” to conquer and bring into subjection: Rome subdued Gaul.
  • subjugate β€” to bring under complete control or subjection; conquer; master.
  • throw β€” to propel or cast in any way, especially to project or propel from the hand by a sudden forward motion or straightening of the arm and wrist: to throw a ball.
  • vanquish β€” to conquer or subdue by superior force, as in battle.
  • worst β€” in ill health; sick: He felt badly.
  • get around β€” to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
  • get the better of β€” of superior quality or excellence: a better coat; a better speech.
  • rise above β€” to get up from a lying, sitting, or kneeling posture; assume an upright position: She rose and walked over to greet me. With great effort he rose to his knees.
  • brim β€” The brim of a hat is the wide part that sticks outwards at the bottom.
  • cascade β€” If you refer to a cascade of something, you mean that there is a large amount of it.
  • drain β€” to withdraw or draw off (a liquid) gradually; remove slowly or by degrees, as by filtration: to drain oil from a crankcase.
  • leak β€” an unintended hole, crack, or the like, through which liquid, gas, light, etc., enters or escapes: a leak in the roof.
  • run over β€” to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.
  • spill β€” to cause or allow to run or fall from a container, especially accidentally or wastefully: to spill a bag of marbles; to spill milk.
  • spill over β€” be full of: emotion
  • cover β€” If you cover something, you place something else over it in order to protect it, hide it, or close it.
  • discharge β€” to relieve of a charge or load; unload: to discharge a ship.
  • irrupt β€” to break or burst in suddenly.
  • issue β€” the act of sending out or putting forth; promulgation; distribution: the issue of food and blankets to flood victims.
  • jet β€” a compact black coal, susceptible of a high polish, used for making beads, jewelry, buttons, etc.
  • overtop β€” to rise over or above the top of: a skyscraper that overtops all the other buildings.
  • shed β€” Textiles. (on a loom) a triangular, transverse opening created between raised and lowered warp threads through which the shuttle passes in depositing the loose pick.
  • shower β€” a person or thing that shows.
  • slop β€” to spill or splash (liquid).
  • slosh β€” to splash or move through water, mud, or slush.
  • spout β€” to emit or discharge forcibly (a liquid, granulated substance, etc.) in a stream or jet.
  • spray β€” a single, slender shoot, twig, or branch with its leaves, flowers, or berries.
  • spurt β€” to gush or issue suddenly in a stream or jet, as a liquid; spout.
  • squirt β€” to eject liquid in a jet from a narrow orifice: The hose squirted all over us.
  • water β€” a liquid solution or preparation, especially one used for cosmetic purposes: lavender water; lemon water.
  • wave β€” a member of the Waves.
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