overcome, usually through no fault or weakness of the person that is overcome; "Heart disease can get the best of us";
win a victory over; "You must overcome all difficulties"; "defeat your enemies"; "He overcame his shyness"; "She conquered here fear of mice"; "He overcame his infirmity"; "Her anger got the better of her and she blew up";
get on top of; deal with successfully; "He overcame his shyness";
overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli;
rendered powerless especially by an excessive amount or profusion of something; "a desk flooded with applications"; "felt inundated with work"; "too much overcome to notice"; "a man engulfed by fear"; "swamped by work";
