overtaken

Verb

• catch up with and possibly overtake
• travel past
• overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli
• past participle of overtake

Adj

• Taken by surprise; overcome.
• drunk; intoxicated

Examples

• I was overtaken by events.

Synonyms

catch, catch up with, overcome, overhaul, overpower, overtake, overwhelm, pass, sweep over, whelm, drunk