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What is the opposite of whelm?

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Opposite of to overcome, or be overcome, with mental or emotional stress or trauma
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Opposite of to overwhelm with large amounts or quantities
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Opposite of to overcome with emotion or stress
“With thirty seconds to go, and the game all but won, I could finally relax.”
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Opposite of to cover completely with water
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Opposite of to overwhelm with an excessive amount of something
“As it was, I spent a good deal of time trying to uninvolve myself from my studies.”
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Opposite of to engulf or swallow up
“The fog would eventually clear after our car was earlier enveloped it.”
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Opposite of to inundate or submerge, especially in water
“The Act provides for water easements that enable a holder of a water abstraction permit to bring water to or drain water from his land.”
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Opposite of to violently subdue (opposition or a rebellion)
“Fearful that the right planned to establish a fascist state, socialists rose up in the mining districts of Asturias only to be defeated by the army under the supervision of General Franco.”
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(of a feeling) Opposite of to affect (someone) suddenly and powerfully
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