overrun
- Verb. To defeat an enemy and invade in great numbers, seizing his positions conclusively.
- Verb. To infest, swarm over, flow over.
- Verb. To run past; exceed.
- Verb. To continue for too long.
- Verb. To readjust by shifting the excess letter(s) to the next line of a set type.
- Noun. An instance of overrunning.
- Noun. The amount by which something overruns.
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