German-English translations for überwältigen

overwhelmIn other words, anything that is going to alert us to the fact that there are problems before the problems overwhelm the European economies. In anderen Worten alles, was uns auf Probleme aufmerksam macht, bevor die Probleme die europäischen Volkswirtschaften überwältigen. If we give up in the face of difficulty and if we allow ourselves to become overwhelmed by pessimism, then we will not achieve any objective whatsoever. Wenn wir angesichts der Schwierigkeiten kapitulieren und uns vom Pessimismus überwältigen lassen, werden wir keines unserer Ziele erreichen. The motion for a resolution, approved today by an overwhelming majority, reflects the new and extremely important role which the European Parliament is to assume. Der Entschließungsantrag, der heute von einer überwältigen Mehrheit angenommen worden ist, spiegelt die neue und außerordentlich wichtige Rolle des Europäischen Parlaments wider.
daunt

drown
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When I was a baby, I nearly drowned in the bathtub.The car thief fought with an officer and tried to drown a police dog before being shot while escaping.We are drowning in information but starving for wisdom.
overcome
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to overcome enemies in battleWe shall overcomeI was overcome with anger
overpowerI should also like to praise the courage of the members of the council who managed to overpower the intruder. Gleichfalls möchte ich den Mut der Mitglieder des Stadtrats, die den Attentäter zu überwältigen vermochten, würdigen. We overpowered the opposing army within a couple of hours.Bright light overpowers the eyes.
succumbsuccumb to temptationsuccumb under misfortunesThai culture as in many other Asian cultures, is succumbing to the influence of westernization