Synonyms: overwhelm, deluge, flood out
Definition: charge someone with too many tasks
Similar words: charge, burden, saddle
Definition: impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to
Usage: He charged her with cleaning up all the files over the weekend
Synonyms: overmaster, overpower, overwhelm
Definition: overcome by superior force
Similar words: trounce, crush, vanquish, shell, beat, beat out
Definition: come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
Usage: Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship; We beat the competition; Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game
Synonyms: submerge, overwhelm, drown
Definition: cover completely or make imperceptible
Usage: I was drowned in work; The noise drowned out her speech
Synonyms: sweep over, overtake, overwhelm, overcome, overpower, whelm
Definition: overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli
Similar words: kindle, elicit, enkindle, evoke, fire, arouse, raise, provoke
Definition: call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
Usage: arouse pity; raise a smile; evoke sympathy