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 Translation for 'to overpower sb' from English to Icelandic
yfirbuga e-nto overpower sb.
bera e-n ofurliðito overpower sb.
Partial Matches
villast á fólkito mistake sb. for sb. else
stinga e-nto stab sb.
pota í e-nto prod sb.
svíkja e-nto betray sb.
róa e-nto calm sb.
kýla e-nto punch sb.
plata e-nto dupe sb.
plata e-nto fool sb.
plata e-nto trick sb.
stríða e-mto tease sb.
ofmeta e-nto superlucrate sb.
plaga e-n [angra]to trouble sb.
plaga e-n [angra]to bother sb.
plaga e-n [þjaka]to torment sb.
plaga e-n [þjaka]to distress sb.
angra e-nto bother sb.
angra e-nto trouble sb.
pína e-nto torture sb.
pína e-nto torment sb.
pirra e-nto irritate sb.
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Usage Examples English
  • This constitutes the origin of the archetype of the "aleksandrinka" as a wet nurse, which came to overpower any other representation of the "aleksandrinstvo", despite the fact that empirical evidence demonstrates that only a tiny fraction of "alekandrinke" at any time worked as wet nurses.
  • This ship was initially able to overpower even Super Vandread, but when Hibiki mocked the Paksis for its stubborn views it went insane and attempted to destroy the entire galaxy with an out of control wormhole.
  • Coyotes in particular are sizable enough to overpower any groundhog, with the latter being the third most significant prey species per a statewide study in Pennsylvania.
  • His butler Paganus built the fortress of Kerak to the east of the Dead Sea, and to help give the kingdom access to the Red Sea, Fulk had Blanchegarde, Ibelin, and other forts built in the south-west to overpower the Egyptian fortress at Ascalon.
  • So as not to overpower the lead singer, who carries the tune, the part is often sung in falsetto, which is of a softer quality than singing in the modal register, though some quartets do make use of tenors with a softer full voice quality.

  • In June 2007 a group of otters grabbed a langur that was sitting at the water's edge and proceeded to overpower, then drown it in full view of visitors.
  • They choose their prey according to size and seem less able to overpower larger prey than can dragonfly nymphs.
  • Citizen exhaustion due to the conflict's newfound intensity led to the election of president Belisario Betancur (1982–1986), a Conservative who won 47% of the popular vote, directed peace feelers at all the insurgents, and negotiated a 1984 cease-fire with the FARC and M-19 after a 1982 release of many guerrillas imprisoned during the previous effort to overpower them.
  • In terms of weaponry and manpower, its army was ready to overpower the Paraguayans.
  • Under Brünnhilde's power, Siegmund begins to overpower Hunding, but Wotan appears and shatters Siegmund's sword with his spear.

  • It has been claimed that during the gruesome torture of Balthasar Gérard (the assassin of William of Orange) in 1584, the song was sung by the guards who sought to overpower Gérard's screams when boiling pigs' fat was poured over him.
  • Alongside Excalibur, she was attacked by Jamie Braddock and Sat-Yr-9, but the team managed to overpower their attackers.
  • The two main characters, played by Clint Eastwood and Shirley MacLaine, aided a Mexican resistance force and ultimately led them to overpower a French garrison.
  • The three manage to overpower the guards and escape, but not before planting a bomb on the black light generator.
  • Although he wrote prolifically on the topics of justice, resistance, and revolution, Faiz rarely allowed political rhetoric to overpower his poetry.

  • Eventually the mob was able to overpower the guards and Porteous was dragged from his cell up the Lawnmarket to the West Bow and down to the Grassmarket.
  • As a result of her growing powers Anita manages to overpower the extremely old and very strong vampire force named the Harlequin that was sent after her in "The Harlequin", but only after having to feed off of the leaders of the various lycanthrope groups in St Louis in order to heal the others in her group and supply them with power.
  • Hulk's strength has been depicted as sometimes limited by Banner's subconscious influence; when Jean Grey psionically "shut Banner off", Hulk became strong enough to overpower and destroy the physical form of the villain Onslaught.
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