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Overspeed

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overshootnoun	(countable) The amount by which something goes too far.
overdrivenoun	(uncountable, figurative) A state of heightened activity.
overstepverb	(transitive) To go too far beyond (a limit); especially, to cross boundaries or exceed norms or conventions.
overwalkverb	To walk over or upon.
overrunverb	(transitive) To defeat an enemy and invade in great numbers, seizing the enemy positions conclusively.
overlashverb	To physically tie additional wires or cables to those that are already attached to a utility pole, accommodating any additional strands of fiber or coaxial cable on existing pole attachments
overbrakeverb	(ambitransitive) To brake (a vehicle) excessively; to apply the brake too much.
exceedverb	(transitive) To go beyond (some limit); to surpass; to be longer than.
overswimverb	(transitive) To swim too fast or too strenuously.
overlive	(transitive) To outlive; live longer than.
overcarryverb	(transitive) To carry too far, or beyond the proper point.
overreachnoun	(also figuratively) An act of extending or reaching over, especially if too far or too much; overextension.
overhurryverb	(ambitransitive) To hurry excessively.
overflyverb	To fly over something.
overgoverb	To go beyond; to exceed, surpass.
overurgeverb	(transitive) To urge excessively.
overdoverb	(transitive) To do too much; to exceed what is proper or true in doing; to carry too far.
oversize	Larger than normal.
overloadnoun	An excessive load.
overflownoun	Excess, superabundance

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