Explain and Overwhelm

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Explain

Explain verb - To make plain or understandable.
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Overwhelm is an antonym for explain.
Nearby Words: explanation, explained, explaining, explicable, explainable

Overwhelm

Overwhelm verb - To subject to incapacitating emotional or mental stress.
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Explain is an antonym for overwhelm in astonish topic.
Nearby Words: overwhelming, overwhelmingly
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Common collocations

reason explain reason overwhelm reason
plot explain plot overwhelm plot
time explain time overwhelm time
way explain way overwhelm way
Other words: story, powers.

Both words in one sentence

  • Manga / Black Butler Butterfly of Doom: Chaos Theory is mentioned when Ciel and Sebastian explain to Wordsmith why Siemens was killed and another guy was framed (basically they would've helped their respective countries become so powerful they'd overwhelm England).
    Source: Manga / Black Butler
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