OVERBORNE Synonyms: 94 Similar and Opposite Words

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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To overcome this, the Delft team engineered a lightweight processing pipeline that runs onboard using a mere 34 kilobytes of memory.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 18 Sep. 2026
Edwards doubts that voluntary oversight will overcome the commercial incentives to release their latest, most powerful models.

— Jacek Krywko, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of overcome

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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

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Nick Martinez worked five efficient innings for his 15th win, Jonny DeLuca was 2 for 4 with an RBI double, and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Athletics 4-3 on Wednesday night for their fifth straight win.

— CBS News, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026
The Dodgers maintained their division lead at nine games even after the Padres beat the Rockies Thursday afternoon.

— Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of beaten

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Today, the most-valuable conversations are about what the information means, what risk is emerging and what action should be taken next.

— Suresh Rajapakse, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
New York-founded ready-to-wear brands Aisling Camps, Heirlome, and 6397 are all at different points in their brand trajectories, and have taken varying approaches to presenting collections in the past.

— Madeleine Schulz, Vogue, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of taken

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Zverev dispatched Botic van de Zandschulp 6-2, 7-5, 6-1 to advance to his fourth consecutive major semifinal.

— Takashi Williams, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
His three years at WTVJ led to a local TV job in New Orleans, where he was dispatched to cover the Kentucky Derby and other big assignments.

— Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of dispatched

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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

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