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1 overwhelming
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2 barrage
['bærɑːʒ]n ( MIL)* * *1) (something that keeps back an enemy: a barrage of gunfire.) zapora2) (an overwhelming number: a barrage of questions.) lawina3) (a man-made barrier across a river.) zapora -
3 crushing
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4 devastating
['dɛvəsteɪtɪŋ]adjweapon, storm niszczycielski, siejący spustoszenie; news, effect druzgocący* * *adjective (overwhelming: a devastating flood; The news was devastating.) niszczycielski, druzgocący -
5 ecstasy
['ɛkstəsɪ]nto go into ecstasies over — podniecać się +instr
* * *['ekstəsi]1) ( noun, plural ecstasies (a feeling of) very great joy or other overwhelming emotion.)•- ecstatic- ecstatically -
6 overwhelm
[əuvə'wɛlm]vt* * *[əuvə'welm](to defeat or overcome: He was overwhelmed with work/grief.) przygniatać -
7 sublime
[sə'blaɪm]adjwzniosły, wysublimowany* * *(of overwhelming greatness, grandeur, beauty etc.) wzniosły, doskonały- sublimity
См. также в других словарях:
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overwhelming — adjective 1 having such a great effect on you that you feel confused and do not know how to react: The sheer size of the place will seem overwhelming and confusing at first. | overwhelming generosity 2 overwhelming numbers/majority/odds etc very… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
overwhelming — adjective Date: 1702 tending or serving to overwhelm < overwhelming force >; also extreme, great < overwhelming indifference > < an overwhelming majority > … New Collegiate Dictionary