to overrun

Examples

• All

• I understand his unit was overrun by VC.

  The Raid (2012)

• Even though the Embassy was overrun, it's still a secure federal US facility.

  Blog text (23)

• But... If we give them time the Americans will overrun us.

  Midway (2019)

• l managed to take this from the base before it was overrun.

  The Zombie Diaries 2 (2011)

• Do you want them to overrun all of New York colony?

  Fiction book (1992)

• Neither country could rapidly overrun the other's territory in a conventional war.

  Academic text (2018)

• Other than that, it appears that the Capitol has been overrun by a highly organized prison gang.

  Blog text (32)

• So Kiev was at the risk of being overrun by the Russian ground troops.

• Once a guerrilla movement begins, it can overrun local police stations and armories to collect more weapons.

  Academic text (1992)

• The enemy forces quickly overrun the outpost before the defenders could prepare.

Synonyms

C

to conquer

vsto overrun

397 3.7

To take control of a place by force or to beat something hard like a fear

is quicker and stresses a rapid complete defeat

I

to invade

vsto overrun

380 4.4

To enter another country with soldiers to take control

is an overwhelming, sudden action that defeats and seizes quickly

O

to occupy

vsto overrun

324 5.9

To take control of a place, often by force

is faster and emphasizes swift total seizure and defeat

Antonyms

D

to defend

∞ 1.3

To protect people and things from attack or harm

Compounds

C

cost overrun

• Specialized

7 5.1

The extra money a project spends compared with its planned budget

How Captured

to overrun

20 7.0

to storm

102 5.7

capture

112 3.2

to attack

∞ 1.3

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology