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verb

past tense of overheat

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Recent Examples of overheated
Adjective
This occurs when a battery is damaged, overheated, exposed to water, overcharged or improperly packed. Colson Thayer, People.com, 11 Aug. 2025 Her overheated laptop was whirring and burning on her stomach. Mona Awad, New Yorker, 20 July 2025 It’s all quite overheated even before the arrival of the eponymous Johnny Guitar (Sterling Hayden), when director Nicholas Ray turns up the heat even further — almost literally in a fiery climax. Keith Phipps, Vulture, 18 July 2025 But ever since Beijing attempted to reel in an overheated real estate sector—in the process collapsing its property bubble—VW has steadily lost volume. Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 15 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for overheated
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overheated
Adjective
  • In the summer, mountain temperatures have risen to 30 degrees Celsius (86 Fahrenheit) and left reindeer over-heated and unable to graze enough to gain the weight needed to sustain them in winter.
    Jason Ma, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2025
  • At an afterparty, the two men became involved in a heated exchange, Wright told the grand jury.
    Gina Barton, USA Today, 7 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Manabe and colleagues found that the Southern Ocean warmed very slowly when atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations increased because the surface waters were continually being replenished by these upwelling abyssal waters, which hadn’t yet warmed.
    Nadir Jeevanjee, The Conversation, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Switzerland has warmed at a rate twice the global average.
    Daniel A. Gross, New Yorker, 27 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • For now, we’re left to dine on reheated leftovers.
    Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 22 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • For its kick-off, Darling will serve drinks such as the Bonny Melon, with pisco, strawberry gin, hazelnut-miso orgeat, and bonny melon, and Eggplant, made up of rum, allspice, roasted eggplant, toasted coconut cream, pineapple and lime.
    Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Rich yet balanced, with layers of ripe tropical fruit, toasted hazelnut and a vein of minerality that keeps it precise.
    Devin Parr, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Depending on need, the hot molten salt can be used to generate steam, which can power an electrical turbine.
    Abhishek Bhardwaj, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2025
  • These processes created microscopic craters and splashes of molten rock on the asteroid's surface, according to the paper.
    Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Whitehouse argues that these crystals formed in an igneous rock 2.8 billion years ago and then were eroded, washed into the sea, and settled in the silt.
    Howard Lee, ArsTechnica, 11 Aug. 2025
  • This is difficult to accurately document in the field, as single eruptions tend to merge together, forming an apparent uniform igneous rock formation.
    David Bressan, Forbes.com, 31 July 2025
Adjective
  • Harry clutching a red-hot doorknob, Marv taking a paint can to the face — right up to the gruesome sound effect, then had the music stand down for the sizzling or thwacking payoff.
    Tim Greiving, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Savory Plus Sweet Walk into the 7,000-square-foot lodge-style building, and you’re met by the unmistakable scent of sizzling sausage.
    Libby Monteith Minor, Southern Living, 30 Aug. 2025

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“Overheated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overheated. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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