overborne

verb

variants also overborn
past participle of overbear
as in overcome
to achieve a victory over that year the football team simply overbore opponent after opponent with steamroller ruthlessness

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overborne
  1. overcome
  2. defeated
  3. conquered
  4. beaten
  5. taken
  6. dispatched
  7. stopped
Verb
  • However, the proposal faces a steep procedural obstacle in the Senate, where most legislation needs 60 votes to invoke cloture and overcome a filibuster.
    — Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 1 Oct. 2026
  • To overcome this, scientists are exploring optical wireless communication options that can complement radio frequencies.
    — Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of overcome
Verb
  • Drake Lindsey tossed three touchdowns in the first half to three different receivers and Minnesota defeated Washington 27-24 on Saturday night.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 27 Sep. 2026
  • The Orange Order is named after William of Orange, a Protestant prince of Holland who defeated the Catholic King James to take over the British throne in the 17th century.
    — Pan Pylas, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2026
Definition of defeated
Verb
  • The title hints that the film will follow Aegon the Conqueror, who, along with his sister-wives Visenya and Rhaenys, invaded Westeros and conquered most of the Seven Kingdoms with the help of their dragons, Balerion, Vhagar and Meraxes.
    — Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026
  • After consolidating their political power throughout Italy, the Romans conquered most of southern and western Europe and the Mediterranean coastal regions, including North Africa.
    — Scott Spires, Encyclopedia Britannica, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of conquered
Verb
  • Gerben Hieminga, an energy economist at ING, says Chinese manufacturers can beat European prices by as much as 50%.
    — Sam Birchall, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026
  • The arrangements have drawn mounting scrutiny, most recently after migrants deported to Equatorial Guinea were held at gunpoint and beaten.
    — Adrian Elimian, semafor.com, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of beaten
Verb
  • Defense questions lost cellphone and computer While text messages were recovered from Caleb and Ashley Flynn's phones, none were able to be taken from Botner's devices.
    — Mark Osborne, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026
  • The Sheriff’s Bomb Squad and Navy explosive ordnance disposal unit from Point Mugu responded to the Ojai residence where the device was taken.
    — Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of taken
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  • Set just before the 1973 Chilean coup, Malkovich and Rockwell play CIA agents Chris and Lee, respectively, who are dispatched from Santiago to Easter Island by their bureau chief (Steve Buscemi).
    — Patrick Hipes, Deadline, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Several firefighters dispatched to such incidents this summer described waiting for reinforcements, both crews and equipment, that sometimes never arrived.
    — Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of dispatched
Verb
  • Like swimming, Golden's involvement with the university never stopped, either.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 27 Sep. 2026
  • The experiment eventually stopped when the catholyte gelled and blocked the flow channel.
    — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 26 Sep. 2026
Definition of stopped
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“Overborne.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overborne. Accessed 3 Oct. 2026.

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