But her laugh stuck in her throat, for at that moment a shadow overfell the two houses
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Overfall
//ˈoʊvɚfɔl//
Synonyms for "overfall"
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11 translations across 3 languages.
Irish
2 entries- brachlainn noun (A turbulent section of a body of water, caused by strong currents passing over submerged ridges)
- bruth noun (A turbulent section of a body of water, caused by strong currents passing over submerged ridges)
Polish
4 entries- przelew noun (A turbulent section of a body of water, caused by strong currents passing over submerged ridges)
- atakować verb (To attack (someone))
- przewracać się verb (To fall over)
- przewracać się na verb (To fall over (something))
Spanish
2 entries- caerse verb (To fall over)
- tropezar con algo verb (To fall over (something))
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1 of these ladies was strikingly handsome, with long black hair which overfell her face as she worked.
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The troll overfell him. A moment he lay under that mass and could not breathe.
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But you, divine one, you, resounding to the end, when the swarm of rejected Maenads overfell him, you sounded over their screams with order; o beautiful one, out of the destroyers arose your uplifting play.
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