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Adjective overrun has 1 sense
- infested, overrun, plagued - (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"
Antonym: untroubled (indirect, via troubled)
Noun overrun has 1 sense
- overproduction, overrun - too much production or more than expected
--1 is a kind of production
Verb overrun has 5 senses
- infest, overrun - invade in great numbers; "the roaches infested our kitchen"
--1 is one way to invade, occupy
Sample sentences:
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
- invade, overrun, infest - occupy in large numbers or live on a host; "the Kudzu plant infests much of the South and is spreading to the North"
--2 is one way to inhabit, occupy
Sample sentences:
Something is ----ing PP
Something ----s something
- overflow, overrun, well over, run over, brim over - flow or run over (a limit or brim)
--3 is one way to spill, run out
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
- overrun - seize the position of and defeat; "the Crusaders overran much of the Holy Land"
--4 is one way to get the better of, overcome, defeat
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- overrun - run beyond or past; "The plane overran the runway"
--5 is one way to overshoot
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Something ----s something
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