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1 ♦ overwhelming
♦ overwhelming /əʊvəˈwɛlmɪŋ/a.travolgente; incontenibile; irresistibile; che sopraffà; soverchiante; schiacciante; immenso; grandissimo; fortissimo: an overwhelming desire, un desiderio incontenibile; an overwhelming grief, un immenso dolore; an overwhelming majority, una maggioranza schiacciante; an overwhelming success, un successo travolgente; an overwhelming task, un compito enormeoverwhelminglyavv.1 in modo travolgente; irresistibilmente2 in misura preponderante; quasi totalmente; nella stragrande maggioranza3 in massa: to vote overwhelmingly for the Democratic candidate, votare in massa per il candidato democraticooverwhelmingnessn. [u]carattere o natura travolgente; complessità, difficoltà, intensità soverchiante.
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