The first woman of color to win the Academy Award for Best Actress spoke out today about the Oscar diversity controversy. Halle Berry, who won her statuette in 2002 for playing the widow of an executed inmate in Monsterâs Ball, spoke out at the 2016 Makers Conference, a leadership confab near LA.
overpower. 1  to overcome, master, or subdue by superior force: to overpower a maniac. 2  to overcome or overwhelm in feeling; affect or impress excessively: overpowered with confusion and desire. 3  to gain mastery over the bodily powers or mental faculties of: a strong drink that quickly overpowered him.
dominate verb (BE IMPORTANT). C1 [T] to be the âlargest, most âimportant, or most ânoticeable âpart of something: The âcathedral dominates the âlandscape for âmiles around. The âdispute is âlikely to dominate the ânews.