Overwhelm and Strike

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Overwhelm

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

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Strike is a synonym for overwhelm in overcome topic. In some cases you can use "Strike" instead a verb "Overwhelm", when it comes to topics like effect.

Nearby Words: overwhelming, overwhelmingly

Strike

Strike verb - To refuse to work in order to force an employer to meet demands.

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Overwhelm is a synonym for strike in affect topic. Sometimes you can use "Overwhelm" instead a verb "Strike", if it concerns topics such as effect.

Nearby Words: striking, striker, strikeout, striked, striken

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person	overwhelm person	strike person
character	overwhelm character	strike character
people	overwhelm people	strike people
time	overwhelm time	strike time
Other words: world, damage, card, target, opponent, player, enemy, units, players, blows, opponents, enemies, foes, ships.

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Whenever two characters get into a Rampage and strike one another, they engage in this, with the player tapping buttons to overwhelm the opponent.

Source: Rapid-Fire Fisticuffs
Alpha Strike: When the Allied forces land on Kyushu, the Japanese forces opposing them try to overwhelm the beachhead by throwing every soldier and kamikaze they can muster at the Allied invasion.

Source: Literature / Decisive Darkness
In the first Cambodia arc of 5, the Strike Wyverns are on a mission to recapture and defend an OCU border defense base against Cambodian insurgents, who overwhelm the OCU forces thanks to support from the Grimnir, by the Cambodia-Vietnam border.

Source: Video Game / Front Mission

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