OVERRAN Synonyms: 90 Similar and Opposite Words

overran

verb

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past tense of overrun

as in invaded

to enter for conquest or plunder waves of barbarians overran the Roman Empire during its long decline

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as in exceeded

to go beyond the limit of he must not overrun his authority as governor

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as in infested

to spread or swarm over in a troublesome manner ants are overrunning the garden

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Recent Examples of overran Since last year, when the RSF overran parts of Darfur and Kordofan, the militia has commandeered the gum trade, integrating it into its smuggling empire and further starving government coffers. —

Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2026 Los Angeles Dodgers left fielder Teoscar Hernández overran the ricochet. —

Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 15 May 2026 Jung Hoo Lee, who’s still learning Oracle Park’s right field, overran Paul Goldschmidt’s base hit down the right-field line that caromed off the short, angled side wall in foul territory, allowing a single to become a double. —

Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2026 But Nazi forces soon overran much of the continent, and by the end of World War II, at least 254 of the ship’s passengers had died in the Holocaust. —

Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Mar. 2026 The decision closed a flashpoint case that has bitterly divided Israel since the soldiers were arrested in 2024 at the notorious Sde Teiman military prison, prompting anger from members of the far-right government and hard-line ultranationalists who violently overran the prison in protest. —

Julia Frankel The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 13 Mar. 2026 That happened shortly after a militia overran a military garrison near the Ethiopian border. —

ABC News, 6 Mar. 2026 But word got out and large crowds of people overran the land and destroyed nearly everything Sutter had. —

Kurt Snibbe, Oc Register, 24 Jan. 2026 Sadat was forced to flee the Afghan capital with her family in 2021 after Taliban forces overran the city. —

Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 16 Jan. 2026

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Aspiring journalist Lily’s camera was recording when the OPEF Marines invaded and began killing both Marsies and the Peacekeepers force that was actually aligned with the Marines and fighting against the Marsies.

— Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 29 May 2026
Muscle tissues, which initially made up 17 percent of the explant, were gradually invaded by coelomocytes that broke the muscle down into small pieces and destroyed its organization.

— Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 29 May 2026