I don't doubt that my ship has the firepower to overwhelm this station's defenses.

Just the sheer power of his intensely masculine presence was enough to overwhelm her meager defenses.

However, under outbreak conditions, the beetles can overwhelm the tree's defenses.

Illnesses become deadly when they overwhelm the body's defenses and its mechanisms for repair.

Better, he thought, to catch the Americans by surprise and overwhelm their defenses, with aircraft coming at them from every point on the compass.

Saravio's talent was strong enough to overwhelm her defenses.

Burbridge joined the fight shortly after and the two Federal columns overwhelmed the town's defenses.

Iran would likely use these small boats as "swarms" in order to overwhelm a larger ship's defenses.

In 1992, though, the virus finally overwhelmed his defenses.

They were able to overwhelm our outer defenses too easily.