overwhelming superiority

collocation in English

meaningsofoverwhelmingandsuperiority

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overwhelming
adjective
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/ˌəʊ.vəˈwel.mɪŋ/us
/ˌoʊ.vɚˈwel.mɪŋ/
difficult to ...
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superiority
noun[U]
uk
/suːˌpɪə.riˈɒr.ə.ti/us
/səˌpɪr.iˈɔːr.ə.t̬i/
the fact that one person or thing is better, stronger, etc. ...
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(Definition ofoverwhelmingandsuperiorityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The decision was clearly arrived at, despite theoverwhelmingsuperiorityof the resources deployed against it.
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We must have a balanced reduction of armaments by stages, so that nobody will be left with anoverwhelmingsuperiorityat any one moment.
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If we can mobilise and deploy all these resources and bring them into action we shall, indeed, have anoverwhelmingsuperiority.
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Never did they make a move against any country until they were convinced that they hadoverwhelmingsuperiorityagainst that country.
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Again our men have had lo face an enemy ofoverwhelmingsuperiority, both in numbers and in equipment.
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In first-class cruisers we have anoverwhelmingsuperiority.
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It is no good winning by a narrow margin; we must win byoverwhelmingsuperiorityin man-power and material.
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Of course, to be perfectly fair, if we take armoured cruisers built since 1899 we have got anoverwhelmingsuperiority.
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It is the fact that there is anoverwhelmingsuperiorityin material.
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We think that we ought to have anoverwhelmingsuperiorityat sea.
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Therefore, it seems that anoverwhelmingsuperioritywill be available.
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This led to a massive new programme of bomber construction and anoverwhelmingsuperiorityin bombers.
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At the present moment they have anoverwhelmingsuperiorityin material and men, supplied by foreigners.
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That meant anoverwhelmingsuperiorityof force.
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Though these figures are in some respects conjectural, there need, at any rate, be no anxiety on the point of armoured cruisers in which we haveoverwhelmingsuperiority.
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