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Definitions of overrun:

  • noun:   too much production or more than expected
  • verb:   run beyond or past
  • verb:   seize the position of and defeat
  • verb:   flow or run over (a limit or brim)
  • verb:   occupy in large numbers or live on a host
  • verb:   invade in great numbers
  • adjective:   (often followed by `with' or used in combination) troubled by or encroached upon in large numbers
    Example: "The locust-overrun countryside"


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