Those who escaped the volley scrambled for their weapons, but were swiftly overwhelmed.

Those who fought were swiftly overwhelmed, and there were few casualties among the invaders.

The genteel Darians are swiftly overwhelmed by the savages.

One man--or more, if he had someone sniping from the sidelines--would be swiftly overwhelmed and taken down.

His bullet found its mark and punched the taller of his targets back against the door, where he was swiftly overwhelmed and trampled underfoot by the mob rushing toward the street.

Taken in the rear they were swiftly overwhelmed.

She had already warned him that he stood no chance against the Morgawr, that the warlock's experience and skill were so vast that Bek would be swiftly overwhelmed.

The small British garrison was swiftly overwhelmed and the French believed they could use Newfoundland as a bargaining counter to extract the return of several of their own territories.

Although the 1st Independent Company was swiftly overwhelmed when the Japanese invaded the Solomon Islands in early 1942, the 2/2nd and 2/4th independent companies waged a successful guerrilla campaign on Timor which lasted from February 1942 to February 1943 when the Australian force was evacuated.