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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- transitive verb To cover with water; submerge.
- 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
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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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- 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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