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
  • Augusto, Marrero, Hernández and countless others have little choice but to figure things out which, in Cuban parlance, means overcoming whatever obstacle is placed in their way.
    — Juan Carlos López, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2026
  • McKee, 75, will also have to overcome simmering anger over a bridge repair project that has dragged on longer than expected.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of overcome
Verb
  • Breakker was on the mend as Femi defeated Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania 42, won the King of the Ring Tournament and seemingly ended Lesnar’s career at SummerSlam.
    — Ryan Gaydos OutKick, FOXNews.com, 6 Sep. 2026
  • The Tigers already defeated potential CFP challengers UNLV 27-21 on the road.
    — Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of defeated
Verb
  • Bringing lions, elephants, bears or crocodiles to Rome from the furthest reaches of the Empire was a way of displaying the extent of the world Rome had conquered.
    — Roberto Prieto, Variety, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Back then, Below Deck hadn’t yet launched in the Mediterranean, the Housewives hadn’t yet conquered Potomac, and there were no Traitors, Summer House, or Mormon Wives to speak of.
    — Ali Barthwell, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of conquered
Verb
  • Australia turned their backs to the haka in 1996 — and were beaten 43-6.
    — Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Ross beat Secker by less than three dozen votes to become the GOP candidate in the House contest in Missouri’s 161st District.
    — Ava Kelley, NBC news, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of beaten
Verb
  • The numbers are skewed because the Phillies, through Thursday, have taken the second-fewest plate appearances against teams in a postseason position.
    — Matt Gelb, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
  • End the siege, impose sanctions and an arms embargo, dismantle occupation and apartheid, and return the land and political power Israel has taken.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of taken
Verb
  • Suresh Raut, deputy manager at the Nepal Electricity Authority, who was at the rescue site when the body was discovered, said an 11-man team, including relatives of the missing, has been dispatched to search the surrounding area.
    — Sana Noor Haq, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2026
  • For Kilmeade, the day marked a turning point in his career at Fox News, because he was dispatched to get to downtown Manhattan and capture what was happening.
    — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of dispatched
Verb
  • The first leg was stopped after Vinicius Junior said he had been racially abused by Benfica’s Gianluca Prestianni, who denied the allegation.
    — Dermot Corrigan, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
  • British driver Ollie Millroy thanked rival Loek Hartog for saving his life after the Dutch racer stopped and pulled him from a burning Ferrari during a China GT Championship race in Shanghai on Saturday.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of stopped
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“Overborne.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overborne. Accessed 12 Sep. 2026.

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