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What does overawe mean?

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  1. (transitive) To restrain, subdue, or control by awe; to cow. [from 16th c.]
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In so far as you can overawe Henry Kissinger, it was the only time I ever saw him slightly overawed.
So long as he has only conventional weapons we can overawe him with our armed forces and clobber him back into line if he misbehaves.
I'm just finishing up a study about how one group of people used overwhelming displays of violence to overawe and terrorize another group into docility and obedience.
Not a single soldier is to be found in our domain to overawe or protect society.
You respect them for who they are, but you can't let that overawe you.
But you've brought in a bunch of toughs and gunmen to overawe us and do your dirty work.

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