Definition of "overcome" []

• To defeat (another) in competition or conflict; conquer. See Synonyms at defeat. (verb-transitive)
• To prevail over; surmount: tried to overcome the obstacles of poverty. (verb-transitive)
• To overpower, as with emotion; affect deeply. (verb-transitive)
• To surmount opposition; be victorious. (verb-intransitive)

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• "Then he went into the room, where his family had assembled, with joyous heart and shining face, and raising both hands, and lifting his eyes heavenward, exclaimed, "_We have overcome, we have overcome_.""
• "~beautiful drowning this beautiful drowning this holy water this holy water is in my lungs and i am overcome i am overcome i am overcome i am overcome~"
• "They proved the most difficult thing for our team to overcome is to spread the perimeter and take away our offense with the trap and the 1-3-1."