Overrunning

Synonyms for "overrunning" (61 found)

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Closest matches (13)

alluvion alluvium cataclysm deluge diffusion engulfment exaggeration excess flood

Noun(4 words)

conquest encroaching encroachment exceed

Strong matches (18)

Noun(11 words)

flooding infringement inundate inundation invade invasion invasive occupation occupy overflow overflowing

imbuement infestation inundation invasion lousiness overflow overflowing

Related words (30)

Noun(5 words)

overfull overstep spillover storm surpass

overgrowth overpass overrun overspreading overswarming penetration permeation pervasion plague ravage spillspill overspillage submersion suffusion superiority surplus swarm swarming teeming

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the delugethe floodtransfusion washout whelming

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adjectiveconflict eventconquestdescriptive termdescriptor exceedance floodinghydrological eventinvasionmilitary actionmilitary descriptornatural hazardoccurrence overflow process surpass

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16 entries

aggressivebudget overruncost overrundeluge encroachment expansive flooding inundation occupation overflowing overfullresource overrunriver floodsiegestorm surgetime overrun

Collocations

17 entries

border overrunbudget overrunbudget overrunscity overruncost overrundefense overrunfrontier overrunoverrun capacityoverrun regionoverrunning budgetoverrunning costsoverrunning growthoverrunning queuesoverrunning tideoverrunning tidesriver overrun

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Inflections

4 entries

overran overrun overrunnings overruns

Derivations

3 entries

overran overrun overruns

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