Antonyms for overran

Grammar : Verb

Spell : oh-ver-ran

Phonetic Transcription : ˌoʊ vərˈræn

Definition of overran

Origin : Old English oferyrnan; see over- + run (v.). The noun meaning "excess expenditure over budget" is from 1956. Related: Overran; overrunning.

verb defeat, invade
verb infest, spread over; exceed

Example sentences :

In Greece it was first the rude Hellenes who overran the Pelasgians.
Extract from : « A Short History of Spain » by Mary Platt Parmele

That divine pity which only a woman can feel filled and overran her heart.
Extract from : « Nell, of Shorne Mills » by Charles Garvice

Then crossing the Adda, they overran the country as far as Milan.
Extract from : « History Of Florence And Of The Affairs Of Italy » by Niccolo Machiavelli

They infested the ships, they overran the wharves, they traversed the sewers.
Extract from : « Eben Holden » by Irving Bacheller

The Boxers, practising their mystic rites, overran the district.
Extract from : « The Fulfilment of a Dream of Pastor Hsi's » by A. Mildred Cable

The English took advantage of these disputes, and overran the land.
Extract from : « The Red True Story Book » by Various

By 1840 it was probably known to the trappers who overran the country.
Extract from : « The Book of the National Parks » by Robert Sterling Yard

It showed rustily through the creeping vines which overran it.
Extract from : « The Scarlet Plague » by Jack London

Last time they overran this country they burned the Alexandrian library.
Extract from : « A Desert Drama » by A. Conan Doyle

They clung to the wood—they overran it, and leaped in hundreds upon my person.
Extract from : « The Works of Edgar Allan Poe » by Edgar Allan Poe

Synonyms for overran

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