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Defenition of the word overrun

    • Defenition of the word overrun

      • invade in great numbers, as of pests
      • (often followed by `with' or used in combination) troubled by or encroached upon in large numbers; "waters infested with sharks"; "shark-infested waters"; "the locust-overrun countryside"; "drug-plagued streets"
      • flow or run over (a limit or brim)
      • too much production or more than expected
      • run beyond or past; "The plane overran the runway"
      • seize the position of and defeat; "the Crusaders overran much of the Holy Land"
      • invade in great numbers; "the roaches infested our kitchen"
      • occupy in large numbers or live on a host; "the Kudzu plant infests much of the South and is spreading to the North"
      • (often followed by `with'' or used in combination) troubled by or encroached upon in large numbers; "waters infested with sharks"; "shark-infested waters"; "the locust-overrun countryside"; "drug-plagued streets"
      • run beyond or past
      • seize the position of and defeat
      • invade in great numbers
      • occupy in large numbers or live on a host

    Synonyms for the word overrun

      • brim over
      • filled
      • flooded
      • infest
      • infested
      • overflow
      • overproduction
      • plagued
      • run over
      • swamped
      • swarming
      • teeming
      • well over

    Similar words in the overrun

      • overrun
      • overrunning
      • overruns
      • troubled

    Hyponyms for the word overrun

      • geyser

    Hypernyms for the word overrun

      • defeat
      • get the better of
      • inhabit
      • invade
      • occupy
      • overcome
      • overshoot
      • production
      • run out
      • spill

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