overcome

win a victory over; "You must overcome all difficulties"; "defeat your enemies"; "He overcame his shyness"; "He overcame his infirmity"; "Her anger got the better of her and she blew up"

get on top of; deal with successfully; "He overcame his shyness"

overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli

overcome, usually through no fault or weakness of the person that is overcome; "Heart disease can get the best of us"