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Overwhelm one sister on court (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

inundate

'overwhelm' is the definition.
(inundate can mean to overwhelm or overload)

'one sister on court' is the wordplay.
'one' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral).
'sister' becomes 'nun' (sister is a term of address for a nun).
'on' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'court' becomes 'date' (romantically pursue).
'i'+'nun'+'date'='INUNDATE'

(Other definitions for inundate that I've seen before include "Flood (a place)" , "Flood - and unite (anag)" , "'Flood, swamp (8)'" , "Overrun" , "Flood, overwhelm" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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