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Overrunning

To defeat an enemy and invade in great numbers, seizing the enemy positions conclusively.

📖 Definitions of "Overrunning"

verb

1
To defeat an enemy and invade in great numbers, seizing the enemy positions conclusively.
2
To infest, swarm over, flow over.
"The vine overran its trellis; the field is overrun with weeds."
3
To run past; to run beyond.
"One line overruns another in length."
4
To continue for too long.
"The performance overran by ten minutes, which caused some people to miss their bus home."

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