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grind (down)

verb

as in to overwhelm

to subject to incapacitating emotional or mental stress the workers are being ground down by the long work hours which leave them little time for anything else

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While Western allies have provided Ukraine with advanced air defense systems, including Patriot missiles, Russia's strategy appears designed to overwhelm these defenses with 'swarm' tactics—large, coordinated waves of missiles and drones aimed at saturating air defense systems.

Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 13 Dec. 2024
Much like last year’s The Zone of Interest, a film which almost feels like this adaptation is in conversation with, a genuine artist has peeled back the cinematic clichés that threaten to now overwhelm certain subjects and returned a horror, an urgency, and a palpable sense of life to them.

David Fear, Rolling Stone, 12 Dec. 2024

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