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overwhelming

3 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. overwhelming (adjective)
  2. overwhelm (verb)
  3. overwhelmingly (adverb)

over·whelm·ing

adj \-ˈ(h)wel-miŋ\

Definition of OVERWHELMING

: tending or serving to overwhelm <overwhelming force>; also : extreme, great <overwhelming indifference> <an overwhelming majority>
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