Verb overpower has 2 senses
  1. overpower, overmaster, overwhelm - overcome by superior force
    --1 is one way to beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish
    Sample sentence:
    The fighter managed to overpower his opponent
  2. overwhelm, overpower, sweep over, whelm, overcome, overtake - overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli
    --2 is one way to arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s somebody
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