overcome

adj 1: rendered powerless especially by an excessive amount or

profusion of something; "a desk flooded with

applications"; "felt inundated with work"; "too much

overcome to notice"; "a man engulfed by fear";

"swamped by work" [syn: {flooded}, {inundated}, {overpowered},

{overwhelmed}, {swamped}, {engulfed}]

2: decisively defeated in combat [syn: {beaten}, {conquered}, {overthrown},

{overwhelmed}, {routed}, {vanquished}]

v 1: win a victory over; "You must overcome all difficulties";

"defeat your enemies"; "He overcame his shyness"; "She

conquered here fear of mice"; "He overcame his

infirmity" [syn: {defeat}]

2: get on top of; deal with successfully; "He overcame his

shyness" [syn: {swim}, {get over}, {subdue}, {surmount}, {master}]

3: overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli [syn: {overwhelm},

{overpower}, {sweep over}, {whelm}, {overtake}]

4: overcome, usually through no fault or weakness of the person

that is overcome; "Heart disease can get the best of us"

[syn: {get the best}, {have the best}]