overcame

verb

past tense of overcome
1
as in defeated
to achieve a victory over the baseball team finally overcame their opponents in the 13th inning

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2
as in overwhelmed
to subject to incapacitating emotional or mental stress already under stress, she was overcome by news of a death in the family

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Recent Examples of overcame The move comes after the Astros overcame a plethora of injuries to win the AL West with an 81-81 record and become the first team in Major League Baseball history to reach the postseason without a winning record. — ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026 The Cardinals overcame a 2-0 deficit to beat the Dodgers, 4-2, in the NLCS, while the Royals rallied from 2-0 down to defeat the Blue Jays, 4-3, in the ALCS. — Outkick, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2026 The Vikings overcame two lost fumbles inside the 20-yard line, one the Saints used as a catalyst for their only offensive touchdown of the afternoon and one that was returned for a score. — CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026 Dream star Allisha Gray is considered questionable with a hand injury, but the team overcame that in Game 2 … and no team has ever lost a five-game series after taking a 2-0 lead. — Tyler Estep, AJC.com, 9 Oct. 2026 But Reed will remember it for the surreal feeling that overcame him in CU’s gymnasium. — Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 9 Oct. 2026 The Broncos, meanwhile, overcame a Week 1 loss to remain competitive, but have fallen behind the Chiefs and Raiders in the AFC West. — Jason Cohen, PC Magazine, 4 Oct. 2026 Saturday’s game showed a team that overcame both mental and physical hurdles. — Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 30 Sep. 2026 Like Baltimore and Las Vegas, Buffalo overcame a deficit of at least 10 points, eventually beating the Los Angeles Chargers, 24-16. — Andrew Greif, NBC news, 28 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overcame
  1. defeated
  2. overwhelmed
  3. mastered
  4. devastated
  5. conquered
  6. took
  7. beat
  8. got
Verb
  • The Oregon Ducks defeated Boise State 34-27 in Week 1 but have since lost to Oklahoma State and, this weekend, to UCLA.
    — Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 11 Oct. 2026
  • The Valkyries defeated the defending champion Las Vegas Aces on Friday night to advance to next week’s Finals, led by an overtime scoring flurry from Gabby Williams in their 87-77 win.
    — Sara Germano, Sportico.com, 10 Oct. 2026
Definition of defeated
Verb
  • The graphic descriptions of internal brain trauma overwhelmed the jury box, prompting the judge to call a recess Friday.
    — Leigh Egan, FOXNews.com, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Kirschner said that his staff has been overwhelmed with homeless individuals causing property damage and harassing customers.
    — Melody Xu, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of overwhelmed
Verb
  • The same approach beat three world champions at Barrage Stratego, a faster eight-piece variant of Stratego, mastered the cooperative card game Hanabi, and beat the best bots at the Chinese card game dou dizhu.
    — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Boot season is officially here, and while numerous brands look to make the most of the seasonal shift, there are few labels that have mastered the mix of casual lifestyle appeal and functional outdoor capabilities like Timberland has.
    — Riley Jones, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of mastered
Verb
  • Decades of deforestation have devastated vast areas of orangutan habitat, pushing the animals into smaller pockets, increasing their vulnerability to poachers.
    — Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Going on two years after the wildfires that devastated Pacific Palisades and other Los Angeles-area neighborhoods, a popular moviehouse is ready for its closeup.
    — Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of devastated
Verb
  • The announcement comes after a summer in which AI models have repeatedly conquered many of math’s longstanding open challenges, including one of the seven Millennium Prize Problems.
    — Rachel Crowell, Scientific American, 12 Oct. 2026
  • Having conquered the world’s top stages as Wagner’s warrior goddess, the American soprano returns to New World Symphony with selections from Götterdämmerung.
    — Mike Hamersly, Miami Herald, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of conquered
Verb
  • The casing is consistent with the same caliber of weapon that Jones had in his possession when police took him into custody, a Fort Worth Police Department homicide unit detective wrote in an arrest warrant affidavit.
    — Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Oct. 2026
  • This latest group of founders stands on the shoulders of giants from the noughties like Spotify, Klarna, and Skype, who themselves took inspiration from the postwar design empires of IKEA, H&M and Tetra Pak (modernizer of the milk carton).
    — Jan Larsson, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of took
Verb
  • Huntley led Baltimore to a tying touchdown and 2-point conversion in the last minute of regulation and then scored on a 1-yard sneak in overtime as the Ravens rallied to beat the Atlanta Falcons 30-23 on Sunday night.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 12 Oct. 2026
  • James Hager arrived at Lopez’s Palm Drive home in Key Largo to stop him from beating his on-and-off-again girlfriend, according to Lopez’s arrest report.
    — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of beat
Verb
  • Not long after, Singh got an email from someone named Oppenheim.
    — Aaron Couch, HollywoodReporter, 12 Oct. 2026
  • One of them got his start with money borrowed from his sister’s brothel.
    — Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of got

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“Overcame.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overcame. Accessed 15 Oct. 2026.

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