Master
Master verb - To achieve a victory over.
Usage example: finally mastered her longtime opponent at chess
Overwhelm
Overwhelm verb - To subject to incapacitating emotional or mental stress.
Master is a synonym for overwhelm in best topic. Sometimes you can use "Master" instead a verb "Overwhelm", if it concerns topics such as conquer.
Nearby Words: overwhelming, overwhelmingly
Common collocations
| body | master body | overwhelm body |
| way | master way | overwhelm way |
| technology | master technology | overwhelm technology |
| world | master world | overwhelm world |
| Other words: forces. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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Necromancer: The Minion Master - His main gimmick is to overwhelm enemies with hordes of weak skeletons.
- The Bob and George adaptation of Mega Man 5 had Bob clone every Robot Master from the first four games dozens of times to overwhelm Mega Man and friends.
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Continuity Nod: The Brutes and their strength has been something of note since their first appearance all the way back in Halo: First Strike, where one surprised even the Master Chief himself by managing to overwhelm and nearly kill him.
Source: Video Game / Halo Wars 2
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