Influence and Overwhelm

Influence

Influence verb - To act upon (a person or a person's feelings) so as to cause a response.

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Overwhelm and influence are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Overwhelm" instead a verb "Influence".

Overwhelm verb - To subject to incapacitating emotional or mental stress.

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Influence and overwhelm are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Influence" instead a verb "Overwhelm".

person	influence person	overwhelm person
mind	influence mind	overwhelm mind
character	influence character	overwhelm character
plot	influence plot	overwhelm plot
Other words: rest, way, world, story, humans, powers.

Apparently, the titular Reckoning is an event where, under the influence of the story's Big Bad, the Creatures of Grimm amass and overwhelm humanity.

Source: The End of the World as We Know It
Hein states that the influence the asari exert over alien cultures tend to overwhelm and ultimately replace them with their own.

Source: Fanfic / Mass Effect Human Revolution
Gravity does apply on a quantum level, but it doesn't apply significantly, and the other forces typically overwhelm any influence it has.

Source: Recursive Reality

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