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🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

압도하다

Pronunciation / Transliteration: apdohada

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Overwhelm/ˌoʊvərˈwɛlm/
verbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #2500 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"그녀는 슬픔에 압도되었습니다."

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1 sense
As verb
  1. 1

    To bury or drown beneath a huge mass; to defeat completely.

    "She was overwhelmed by a tidal wave of emotions."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Late Middle English: from over- + whelm (alteration of older whelve 'turn a vessel upside down over something').

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