transitive verb. To overcome or vanquish by superior force; subdue.

transitive verb. To affect so strongly as to make helpless or ineffective; overwhelm.

transitive verb. To supply with excessive mechanical power.

noun. Too great a power; extensive power.

To vanquish by superior power or force; subdue; reduce to silence, inaction, or submission; defeat.

To be too intense or violent for: overcome by intensity; overwhelm: as, his emotions overpowered him.

Synonyms Beat, Overwhelm, etc. (see defeat), overbear, master, crush.

transitive verb. To excel or exceed in power; to cause to yield by superior power; to vanquish; to subdue.

noun. A dominating power.

verb. To subdue someone by superior force.

verb. To render imperceptible by means of greater strength, intensity etc.

verb. overcome by superior force

verb. overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli

"Beers like weisse beers (wheat beers), typically use other methods to 'overpower' the cold suppressing effects and can be consumed cold (the yeasts that these beers use provide a fruitiness that overpowers the cold)."