Synonyms of the word

overrun

• v. To defeat an enemy and invade in great numbers, seizing his positions conclusively.
• v. To infest, swarm over, flow over.
• v. To run past; to run beyond.
• v. To continue for too long.
• v. (printing) To carry (some type, a line or column, etc.) backward or forward into an adjacent line or page.
• v. To go beyond; to extend in part beyond.
• v. To abuse or oppress, as if by treading upon.
• n. An instance of overrunning.
• n. The amount by which something overruns.

defeat

• v. (transitive) To overcome in battle or contest.
• v. (transitive) To reduce, to nothing, the strength of.
• v. (transitive) To nullify.
• n. The act of defeating or being defeated.

infest

• v. (transitive) To inhabit a place in unpleasantly large numbers; to plague, harass.
• v. (pathology, of a parasite) To invade a host plant or animal.
• adj. (obsolete) Mischievous; hurtful; harassing.
• n. (obsolete) Hostility.

infested

• v. simple past tense and past participle of infest.

inhabit

• v. (transitive) To live or reside in.
• v. (transitive) To be present in; to occupy.

invade

• v. (transitive) To move into.
• v. (transitive) To enter by force in order to conquer.
• v. (transitive) To infest or overrun.
• v. To attack; to infringe; to encroach on; to violate.
• v. To make an unwelcome or uninvited visit or appearance, usually with an intent to cause trouble or some…

occupy

• v. (transitive) To take or use time.
• v. (transitive) To take or use space.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To have sexual intercourse with.
• v. (obsolete) To do business in; to busy oneself with.
• v. (obsolete) To use; to expend; to make use of.

overcome

• v. (transitive) To surmount (a physical or abstract obstacle); to prevail over, to get the better of.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To win (a battle).
• v. (intransitive) To win or prevail in some sort of battle, contest, etc.
• v. (transitive, usually in passive) To overwhelm with emotion.
• v. To come or pass over; to spread over.
• v. To overflow; to surcharge.

overflow

• n. The spillage resultant from overflow; excess.
• n. Outlet for escape of excess material.
• n. (computing) The situation where a value exceeds the available numeric range.
• v. (transitive) To flow over the brim of (a container).
• v. (transitive) To cover with a liquid, literally or figuratively.
• v. (transitive) To cause an overflow.
• v. (intransitive) To flow over the edge of a container.
• v. (intransitive) To exceed limits or capacity.
• v. (intransitive) To be superabundant; to abound.

overproduction

• n. The production of more of a commodity than can be used or sold.

overshoot

• n. (uncountable) The amount by which something goes too far.
• n. (countable, ecology) When the population of a species exceeds its environment's carrying capacity.
• v. To go past something; to go too far.
• v. To shoot beyond; to shoot too far to hit something.
• v. To pass swiftly over; to fly beyond.
• v. (figuratively) To exceed.

plagued

• v. simple past tense and past participle of plague.
• adj. Constantly afflicted or relentlessly attacked (by someone or something).

production

• n. The act of producing, making or creating something.
• n. The act of bringing something forward, out etc. for use or consideration.
• n. The act of being produced.
• n. The total amount produced.
• n. The presentation of a theatrical work.
• n. An occasion or activity made more complicated than necessary.
• n. That which is manufactured or is ready for manufacturing in volume (as opposed to a prototype or conceptual…
• n. The act of lengthening out or prolonging.
• n. (computing) A rewrite rule specifying a symbol substitution that can be recursively performed to generate…

spill

• v. (transitive) To drop something so that it spreads out or makes a mess; to accidentally pour.
• v. (intransitive) To spread out or fall out, as above.
• v. (transitive) To drop something that was intended to be caught.
• v. To mar; to damage; to destroy by misuse; to waste.
• v. (obsolete) To be destroyed, ruined, or wasted; to come to ruin; to perish; to waste.
• v. To cause to flow out and be lost or wasted; to shed.
• v. To cover or decorate with slender pieces of wood, metal, ivory, etc.; to inlay.
• v. (nautical) To relieve a sail from the pressure of the wind, so that it can be more easily reefed or furled,…
• n. (countable) A mess of something that has been dropped.
• n. A fall or stumble.
• n. A small stick or piece of paper used to light a candle, cigarette etc by the transfer of a flame from…
• n. A slender piece of anything.
• n. (mining) One of the thick laths or poles driven horizontally ahead of the main timbering in advancing…
• n. (sound recording) The situation where sound is picked up by a microphone from a source other than that…
• n. (obsolete) A small sum of money.
• n. (Australia, politics) A declaration that the leadership of a parliamentary party is vacant, and open for…

troubled

• adj. Anxious, worried, careworn.
• v. simple past tense and past participle of trouble.