English-Portuguese translations for overwhelm

• dominar
  É o aspecto monetário que temos de corrigir de uma maneira ou doutra, se quisermos impedir a crise financeira de alastrar e dominar a economia real. It is the money side that we have to somehow cure if we are going to stop the financial crisis from spilling over and overwhelming the real economy.
• avassalar
• engolir
• esmagar
  Nos próximos cinco a dez anos, as emissões destes países, em virtude dos sistemas energéticos em desenvolvimento, esmagar-nos-ão se não os ajudarmos a fazer as coisas da maneira certa. In the coming five to ten years, emissions from these countries because of expanding energy systems will totally overwhelm us unless we help them to do the right things now.

Definition of overwhelm

• To engulf, surge over and submerge
• To overpower, crush
• To overpower emotionally
• To cause to surround, to cover
• The state or condition of being overwhelmed

Examples

• The dinghy was overwhelmed by the great wave.
• In December 1939 the Soviet Union attacked Finland with overwhelming force.
• He was overwhelmed with guilt.
• Joy overwhelmed her when she realized that she had won a million dollars.

Related words

• overwhelming
• overwhelmed
• overwhelmingly
• overwhelming majority