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whelms

verb , present tense third-person singular of whelm

Synonyms and Antonyms of whelms

to subject to incapacitating emotional or mental stress

the news so whelmed them that they were stunned into silence

Synonyms of whelms

crushes, devastates, floors, grinds (down), oppresses, overcomes, overmasters, overpowers, overwhelms, prostrates, snows under, swamps

Words Related to whelms

deluges, drowns, sinks

confutes, defeats, refutes

breaks, demoralizes, distresses, disturbs, rocks, shatters, staggers, throws, unmans, unnerves, upsets

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