Illustration: During a neighborhood sports day on a Japanese school field, one adult tug-of-war team advances steadily with firm footing and coordinated posture. Across the center line, the opposing team has lost all ground: shoes slide, bodies tip forward, and the rope pulls their front member across the marker.

JLPT N1suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

圧あっ倒とう

attou

to overwhelm, to overpower

Example sentences

彼かれは数かずに圧倒あっとうされた。
He was overcome by numbers.
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零細れいさいなパン屋やはスーパーマーケットに圧倒あっとうされた。
Mom-and-pop bakeries were overwhelmed by supermarkets.
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初はじめから果敢かかんに前まえへ出でて圧倒あっとうし、体勢たいせいを崩くずした相手あいてを押おし出だした。
He resolutely pushed forward from the start, overwhelming and pushing out his off-balance opponent.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 圧倒

圧pressure; pushOnアツ・エン・オウKunおす・へす・おさえる
倒overthrow; fallOnトウKunたおれる・たおす・さかさま

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