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whelm
 
VERB:1. To affect as if by an outpouring of water: deluge, flood, inundate, overwhelm, swamp. See FULL. 2. To flow over completely: deluge, drown, engulf, flood, flush, inundate, overflow, overwhelm, submerge. See FULL.
 
 
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