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
  • To help employees overcome their fears about the technology, West Monroe holds weekly enablement sessions to showcase how fellow colleagues are innovating with AI and to ask questions about how to apply the technology to their own work.
    — S. Sorrina Beecher, Chicago Tribune, 13 Nov. 2026
  • Anchored by five turnovers on defense, including two interceptions by Davin Curry, the Oak Ridge (5-6) was able to overcome six turnovers.
    — Chris Hays, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 Nov. 2026
Definition of overcome
Verb
  • In the northwest suburban 8th District, Krishnamoorthi will hand the seat back to fellow centrist Melissa Bean, who also defeated more progressive candidates in the primary.
    — Olivia Olander, Chicago Tribune, 8 Nov. 2026
  • Pulido defeated Republican incumbent Monica De La Cruz, who took jabs at his showbiz background during her campaign.
    — Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 8 Nov. 2026
Definition of defeated
Verb
  • But Green Bay also has conquered two teams that beat the Panthers, with wins over both Chicago and Tampa Bay.
    — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Experts who study plague are reluctant to say it’s been completely conquered.
    — Faye Flam, Scientific American, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of conquered
Verb
  • Even so, if all Democrats in Washington had been present in the House chamber, the party still would not have been able to beat Republicans' effort to sideline the impeachment, Clark reasoned.
    — Mariana Alfaro, Arkansas Online, 13 Nov. 2026
  • There is nothing like spending the wildest part of the year getting wind-beaten on Dartmoor, then retreating for a spa treatment, proper grub, and a fire.
    — Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Nov. 2026
Definition of beaten
Verb
  • The last action taken by the administration concerning the arch was the National Capital Planning Commission’s 8-4 vote that approved the project last Thursday.
    — David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 11 Nov. 2026
  • Harris-Dawson has taken meetings with Raman over the last week and spoken positively about the mayor-elect since her win, and the two jointly addressed reporters during council Tuesday.
    — Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2026
Definition of taken
Verb
  • The Coast Guard and cruise ship maintained continuous communication and a MH-60T Jayhawk helicopter crew was dispatched the following Monday.
    — Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 5 Nov. 2026
  • There were a thousand or so election watchers dispatched to polling places by the Department of Justice – these are unprecedented numbers.
    — John E. Jones III, The Conversation, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of dispatched
Verb
  • Corey Perry and Alex Laferriere scored and Darcy Kuemper stopped only 14 shots for the Kings, who have lost two of the last three during their seven-game homestand.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 8 Nov. 2026
  • Corey Perry and Alex Laferriere scored and Darcy Kuemper stopped only 14 shots for the Kings (5-8-2), who have lost two of the last three during their seven-game homestand.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 8 Nov. 2026
Definition of stopped
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“Overborne.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overborne. Accessed 14 Nov. 2026.

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