abruma

v. crush; overwhelm, overpower; oppress; assail; exhaust

v. cover with fog; darken, sadden

= bog down, engulf, overwhelm, swamp, overpower, weigh + heavily + upon, weigh down.
Ex: There is increased evidence that we are being bogged down today as specialization extends.
Ex: Societal changes shaking all established institutions to their foundations also threaten to engulf the public library.
Ex: The concern is that this sudden and increased flow of information is simply going to overwhelm us.
Ex: The recommendations seemed to indicate that the British Library would have been swamped with relegated books from the low-use stock of university libraries.
Ex: She was overpowered by a feeling of impotence.
Ex: Librarians, led by men like Melvil Dewey, spent the majority of their waking hours attempting to reduce library work to a 'mechanical art', and their mind-numbing articles weighed heavily upon the pages of 'Library Journal'.
Ex: The passages describing the environment, though lushly written, are inclined to weigh down the narrative thrust of the novel.
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* abrumar con atenciones = kill + Nombre + with kindness, smother + Nombre + with kindness.