Usually means: Exceeds capacity to manage effectively.
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  1. overwhelms: Merriam-Webster
  2. overwhelms: Collins English Dictionary
  3. overwhelms: Vocabulary.com
  4. Overwhelms, overwhelms: Wordnik
  5. overwhelms: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. overwhelms: Wiktionary
  7. overwhelms: Dictionary.com
  8. overwhelms: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. overwhelms: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. overwhelms: Legal dictionary

(Note: See overwhelm as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (overwhelm)

verb:  To engulf, surge over and submerge.
verb:  To overpower, crush.
verb:  To overpower emotionally.
verb:  To cause to surround, to cover.
noun:  The state or condition of being overwhelmed.
▸ Also see overwhelm

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