If the man made but a single mistake, the mob of villagers would overwhelm him.
Nicholas feared that the mob may overwhelm his troops after sunset.
In July 1915, a mob overwhelmed Port-au-Prince, murdering the President of Haiti, who was dragged from the French legation and hacked to death.
When federal marshals snatched a fugitive named Shadrach, a mob of angry blacks overwhelmed the marshals and sent Shadrach to Montreal.
The mob overwhelmed the three and led them to an unfinished cabin in town.
The mob overwhelmed the regiment but failed to flush the gate guards and failed to take the top of the wall.
The bloodthirsty mob finally overwhelmed the convoy on Place de Grève, when it was near its destination.
These mobs of passengers can also overwhelm a port call destination.
But if they once opened the door, the plague mob would most certainly overwhelm them in searching out their angel, paid-for Miracle-Worker.