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unconquerable (iou) and overpower (iou)


unconquerable (iou)



unconquerable adjective. L16.
[from UN-1 + CONQUERABLE.]
That cannot be overcome or defeated by conquest or force (lit. & fig.); invincible. L16.
A. Radcliffe He fought with unconquerable audacity and fierceness. Bosworth Smith Hannibal was still..unconquered, and, as far as they knew, unconquerable.
Unable to be mastered or brought under control; insuperable. M17.
J. Beattie Check'd by..poverty's unconquerable bar. J. Klein Language which aroused in me an unconquerable aversion.
unconquerableness noun M17.
unconquerably adverb M17.

overpower (iou)



overpower verb trans. L16.
[from OVER- + POWER verb.]
Overcome with superior power or force; reduce to submission. L16.
A. Cross A man could have overpowered her.
Make (a quality etc.) ineffective or imperceptible by excess of force or intensity. M17.
J. Buchan The searching odour was apt to overpower the wafts of lilac.
Be too intense for; overwhelm. M17.
P. Gay Charcot's scientific style and personal charm overpowered Freud.
overpoweringly adverb in an overpowering manner, to an overpowering degree E19.