OVERMASTER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does overmaster mean? 

• OVERMASTER (verb)
  The verb OVERMASTER has 1 sense:

1. overcome by superior force

  Familiarity information: OVERMASTER used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OVERMASTER (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they overmaster    ... he / she / it overmasters   
Past simple: overmastered   
Past participle: overmastered   
-ing form: overmastering   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Overcome by superior force

Classified under:

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

Synonyms:

overmaster; overpower; overwhelm

Hypernyms (to "overmaster" is one way to...):

beat; beat out; crush; shell; trounce; vanquish (come out better in a competition, race, or conflict)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "overmaster"):

steamroll; steamroller (overwhelm by using great force)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

Sentence example:

The fighter managed to overmaster his opponent

 Context examples 

I was conscious only of an overmastering rage.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Mina struggled hard to keep her brave countenance; but the pain overmastered her and she put her hands before her face, and shuddered whilst she moaned.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

He closed the door behind him, and then he stood with clenched hands and heaving breast, choking down some overmastering emotion.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

It was tense and hoarse with an overmastering rage.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

There was no time to think of what might happen; a vague, overmastering fear obscured all details.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

It may not fan sufficiently to make the desire overmastering, but in so far as it fans at all, that far is it temptation.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)