Seize the position of and defeat
To run over; to grow or spread over in excess; to invade and occupy; to take possession of;
Noun
too much production or more than expected
Verb
run beyond or past; "The plane overran the runway"
Verb
seize the position of and defeat; "the Crusaders overran much of the Holy Land"
Verb
invade in great numbers; "the roaches infested our kitchen"
Verb
flow or run over (a limit or brim)
Verb
occupy in large numbers or live on a host; "the Kudzu plant infests much of the South and is spreading to the North"
Adjective S.
(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"
p. p.
of Overrun
v. t.
To run over; to grow or spread over in excess; to
invade and occupy; to take possession of; as, the vine overran its
trellis; the farm is overrun with witch grass.
v. t.
To exceed in distance or speed of running; to go beyond
or pass in running.
v. t.
To go beyond; to extend in part beyond; as, one line
overruns another in length.
v. t.
To abuse or oppress, as if by treading upon.
v. t.
To carry over, or back, as type, from one line or page
into the next after, or next before.
v. t.
To extend the contents of (a line, column, or page)
into the next line, column, or page.
v. i.
To run, pass, spread, or flow over or by something; to
be beyond, or in excess.
v. i.
To extend beyond its due or desired length; as, a line,
or advertisement, overruns.
Overrun
Those barbarous nations that overran the world.2.
Ahimaaz run by the way of the plain, and overran Cushi.3.
None of them the feeble overran.5.
Overrun
Despised and trodden down of all that overran.2.
To run over; to grow or spread over in excess; to invade and occupy; to take possession of;
To run, pass, spread, or flow over or by something; to be beyond, or in excess.
Usage Examples
Well, I think indigenous peoples have ways of living on the Earth that they've had forever. And they've been overrun by organized religion, which has had a lot of money and power.
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Other Usage ExamplesThe lowest form of popular culture - lack of information, misinformation, disinformation, and a contempt for the truth or the reality of most people's lives - has overrun real journalism. Today, ordinary Americans are being stuffed with garbage.
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