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Meaning of overrun

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  overrun
      n 1: too much production or more than expected [syn:
           {overproduction}, {overrun}]
      v 1: invade in great numbers; "the roaches infested our kitchen"
           [syn: {infest}, {overrun}]
      2: occupy in large numbers or live on a host; "the Kudzu plant
         infests much of the South and is spreading to the North"
         [syn: {invade}, {overrun}, {infest}]
      3: flow or run over (a limit or brim) [syn: {overflow},
         {overrun}, {well over}, {run over}, {brim over}]
      4: seize the position of and defeat; "the Crusaders overran much
         of the Holy Land"
      5: run beyond or past; "The plane overran the runway"

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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