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repress
English
Etymology 1
Ultimately from Latin repressus, the perfect passive participle of reprim? (“I repress”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???p??s/
- Rhymes: -?s
Verb
repress (third-person singular simple present represses, present participle repressing, simple past and past participle repressed)
- (transitive) To forcefully prevent an upheaval from developing further.
- (transitive, by extension) To check; to keep back.
Synonyms
- (forcefully preventing an upheaval from developing): to crush; to quell; to subdue; to suppress
- (to keep back): to restrain; to hold back
Related terms
- repression
- repressive
Translations
Etymology 2
re- +? press
Verb
repress (third-person singular simple present represses, present participle repressing, simple past and past participle repressed)
- To press again.
- to repress a vinyl record
Noun
repress (plural represses)
- A record pressed again; a repressing.
Anagrams
- Presser, presser
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overwhelm
English
Etymology
From Middle English overwhelmen, equivalent to over- +? whelm.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /???v????lm/, /???v??w?lm/
- (US) IPA(key): /?o?v????lm/, /?o?v??w?lm/
- (Scotland) IPA(key): /?ov????lm/
- Rhymes: -?lm
Verb
overwhelm (third-person singular simple present overwhelms, present participle overwhelming, simple past and past participle overwhelmed)
- To engulf, surge over and submerge.
- Synonym: swamp
- To overpower, crush.
- In December 1939 the Soviet Union attacked Finland with overwhelming force.
- The sea overwhelmed their enemies.
- To overpower emotionally.
- To cause to surround, to cover.
- 1684, Denis Papin, Instrument to make turpentine penetrate plaster and wood using the airpump
- I lay Turpentine all over the same: then I overwhelm a broader pipe about the first
Derived terms
- overwhelming
Related terms
- whelm
Antonyms
- underwhelm
Translations
Noun
overwhelm (plural overwhelms)
- The state or condition of being overwhelmed.
See also
- too many balls in the air
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