to overrun
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4.8
- verb
- /ˌoʊvərˈrʌn/
:
invadir
- The garden was overrun by weeds that grew uncontrollably.
- by prickly overrun
We don't want to be overrun by this horrible rhetoric of theirs.
- We don't want to be overrun by this horrible rhetoric of theirs.
- But, you know, it's something that I hear Tennessee is getting overrun with, with, with people fleeing their States.
- And by then it was August, which meant that, you know, the city was mostly overrun with foreigners.
- And one of the reasons why people are trying to migrate into the US is because their towns are being overrun by violence.
- How do we get to that in a modern day society where we are overrun with images of what other people are doing, what we think will make us happy?
- Why a fantasy is hella overrun with white authors.
- You guys sleep in for a couple of weeks, the fucking world will be overrun with spiders, scorpions, mana rays.
Examples
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This country's overrun with foreigners.
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And one of the reasons why people are trying to migrate into the US is because their towns are being overrun by violence.
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There was a period when this house was overrun with young men.
Fiction book (1998) -
- George, we're overrun with criminals.
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Law enforcement agencies have been overrun in downtown New York City.
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You see, my farm has been overrun with spiders.
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Well, I mean, they might be aware that their city is being overrun by gangs.
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And by then it was August, which meant that, you know, the city was mostly overrun with foreigners.
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His rented house was overrun with visitors, a few on business, most there simply to gawk.
Academic text (1997) -
Meanwhile, Rome is being overrun by trash loving wild boars.
Synonyms
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4.4
To be full of insects or small animals that cause harm
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3.7
To enter and spread through a place or body causing harm
Antonyms
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How Overwhelmed
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Etymology
The word overrun combines over- ('over' or 'across') and run ('to flow or move'), like water that runs over a river bank and covers the land. So when something overruns a place, it spreads across it in large numbers and is hard to control.