whelm

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Some earnest moments also under-whelm, and the central relationships could use more exploration-and keener observation.

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  1. transitive verb To cover with water; submerge.
  2. transitive verb To overwhelm.

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  • They began to surge toward him like the storm he had just weathered, threatening the pain again, threatening to over-whelm him-STOP IT, he ordered himself. —  For Love of Mother-Not
  • The grotesque injustice of it all threatened to over-whelm Ken Reeve. —  Decision at Doona
  • Some earnest moments also under-whelm, and the central relationships could use more exploration-and keener observation. —  E! Online (US) - Top Stories
  • "They began to surge toward him like the storm he had just weathered, threatening the pain again, threatening to over-whelm him-STOP IT, he ordered himself. —  For Love Of Mother Not
  • He hadn't misjudged the coffle; most of the men who had been chained together huddled well back from the fighting, but there were still enough to over - whelm the subordinate Slaver " he was still staring in disbelief, jaw hanging, when five men hit him and knocked him flat. —  Fortress Of Frost And Fire
 

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  1. Middle English whelmen, to overturn, probably alteration (influenced by helmen, to cover) of whelven, from Old English -hwelfan (as in āhwelfan, to cover over).

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/ (hwĕlm, wĕlm)/
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