overheat
verb
over·heat
ˌō-vər-ˈhēt 
overheated; overheating; overheats
: to become heated beyond a safe or desirable point
Examples of overheat in a Sentence
I overheated the food in the microwave.
Be careful not to overheat the engine.
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While traveling to their headquarters on the west coast of Florida in 1939, the troupe’s car overheated on the Tamiami Trail near Southwest 107th Avenue.
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Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 25 Dec. 2025
But avoiding overheating in the face of rising temperatures is also exposing farmworkers to higher levels of air pollution.
—Alonso Daboub, Mercury News, 22 Dec. 2025
Some models overheat or turn on by accident.
—Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 21 Dec. 2025
This device can take your dead phone and charge it up to 50 percent in under 30 minutes without overheating.
—Caroline Hughes, Travel + Leisure, 21 Dec. 2025
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Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 25 Dec. 2025
But avoiding overheating in the face of rising temperatures is also exposing farmworkers to higher levels of air pollution.
—Alonso Daboub, Mercury News, 22 Dec. 2025
Some models overheat or turn on by accident.
—Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 21 Dec. 2025
This device can take your dead phone and charge it up to 50 percent in under 30 minutes without overheating.
—Caroline Hughes, Travel + Leisure, 21 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for overheat
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“Overheat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/overheat. Accessed 27 Dec. 2025.
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