overcome
     adj : 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" [syn: {flooded}, {inundated}, {overpowered}, {overwhelmed},
            {swamped}, {engulfed}]
     v 1: 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" [syn: {get the better of}, {defeat}]
     2: get on top of; deal with successfully; "He overcame his
        shyness" [syn: {get over}, {subdue}, {surmount}, {master}]
     3: overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli [syn: {overwhelm},
         {overpower}, {sweep over}, {whelm}, {overtake}]
     4: overcome, usually through no fault or weakness of the person
        that is overcome; "Heart disease can get the best of us"
        [syn: {get the best}, {have the best}]
     [also: {overcame}]
Source: WordNet® 2.0