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overshadow

 
Verb overshadow has 3 senses
  1. overshadow, eclipse - exceed in importance; outweigh; "This problem overshadows our lives right now"
    --1 is one way to excel, stand out, surpass
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s somebody
    Something ----s somebody
    Something ----s something
  2. shadow, overshadow, dwarf - make appear small by comparison; "This year's debt dwarves that of last year"
    --2 is one way to dominate, command, overlook, overtop
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s something
  3. overshadow - cast a shadow upon; "The tall tree overshadowed the house"; "The tragedy overshadowed the couple's happiness"
    --3 is one way to
    obscure, befog, becloud, obnubilate, haze over, fog, cloud, mist
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s something
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