overpowering

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of overpower

adj

1. That overpowers; so strong as to be overwhelming.

   “The original family who had begun to build a palace to rival Nonesuch had died out before they had put up little more than the gateway, so that the actual structure which had come down to posterity retained the secret magic of a promise rather than the overpowering splendour of a great architectural achievement.”

   “The fact that approximately 40% of spoken language at the cafeteria was not English, suggests that the effect of the near 100% English signage is far from overpowering.”

noun

1. The process of something being overpowered.

   “Each of these concepts can be used, and is used, to justify the various overpowerings and abuses that are typical of capitalism as we know it, pace the Enlightenment thinkers and any other ideal model.”