overwhelming

overwhelming

modif.

1. In the act of destroying

   conquering, subjugating, defeating, subduing, overpowering, overthrowing, crushing, routing, ruining, smashing, wiping out, extinguishing, invading, occupying, ravaging, devastating, breaking, reducing, overturning, overriding, overrunning, upsetting; see also triumphant.

   Antonyms protective*, saving*, defending.

2. In the act of submerging

   wasting, inundating, drowning, deluging, surging, overspreading, desolating, obliterating, dissolving, blotting out, wrecking, erasing, effacing, expunging, burying, immersing, engulfing, engrossing, covering.

   Antonyms floating*, reclaiming, raising.

3. Astonishing

   amazing, terrifying, awful; see frightful 1, might 3, powerful 1, strong 1, 2, 8.

4. Unbelievable

   remarkable, strange, baffling; see unbelievable, unusual 1, 2.