OVERMASTER

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Present simple: I / you / we / they overmaster ... he / she / it overmasters

Past simple: overmastered

Past participle: overmastered

-ing form: overmastering

Meaning:

Overcome by superior force

Synonyms:

overmaster; overpower; overwhelm

Classified under:

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

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