overrun
[verb]
Synonyms:
- invade, occupy, overwhelm, rout
- infest, choke, inundate, permeate, ravage, spread over, swarm over
- exceed, go beyond, overshoot, run over or on

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I. o‧ver‧run¹ /ˌəʊvəˈrʌn $ ˌoʊ-/ verb (past tense overran /-ˈræn/, past participle overrun, present participle overrunning)
[Word Family: noun: run, rerun, runner, running, overrun; verb: run, outrun, overrun, rerun; adjective: running, runny; adverb: running]

1. [transitive usually passive] if unwanted things or people overrun a place, they spread over it in great numbers
be overrun by/with something
a tiny island overrun by tourists
The house was overrun with mice.

2. [intransitive and transitive] to take more time or money than intended:
The final speaker overran by at least half an hour.

3. [transitive usually passive] if soldiers overrun a place, they take control of it:
Poland was overrun by the Russian army.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

II. o‧ver‧run² /ˈəʊvərʌn $ ˈoʊ-/ noun [countable]
[Word Family: noun: run, rerun, runner, running, overrun; verb: run, outrun, overrun, rerun; adjective: running, runny; adverb: running]
an amount of time or money that is larger than was planned or intended:
cost overruns of £2 billion

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲