overwhelm
oh ver welm
- v overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli
- v charge someone with too many tasks
- v cover completely or make imperceptible
- v overcome by superior force
- And the show never let politics overwhelm its heart; it used one of the oldest setups in sitcomville (the locked-in-the-storeroom) to have Archie and Meathead bond over the story .