Overpowering
Overpowering adjective - So strong as to be irresistible.
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Sudden and overpowering are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sudden" instead an adjective "Overpowering".
Nearby Words: overpower, overpowered
Sudden
Sudden adjective - Not expected.
Overpowering and sudden are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Overpowering" instead an adjective "Sudden".
Nearby Words: suddenly, suddenness
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Unfortunately, he's also a sort of unintentional Kavorka Man, and his HeelFace Turn is complicated by the fact that, no matter what he does, any woman he gets near develops a sudden and overpowering attraction to him.
Source: Chick Magnet - In Shakugan no Shana (at least in the second season), any movement towards resolving the Love Triangle is rudely interrupted by the sudden arrival of the next overpowering Big Bad.
Source: False Start -
The first is when he realizes that Anakin and Obi-Wan have been holding back their true fighting styles and has "a sudden, unexpected, overpowering, and entirely distressing bad feeling about this." The second is when he realizes that Darth Sidious has turned on him.
Source: Literature / Revenge of the Sith
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