(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
1.
If you are ~ed by a feeling or event, it affects you very strongly, and you do not know how to deal with it.
He was ~ed by a longing for times past...
The need to talk to someone, anyone, ~ed her.
= overpower
VERB: be V-ed, V n
~ed
Sightseers may be a little ~ed by the crowds and noise.
ADJ: usu v-link ADJ
2.
If a group of people ~ a place or another group, they gain complete control or victory over them.
It was clear that one massive Allied offensive would ~ the weakened enemy.
= overpower
VERB: V n