- present participle of overrun.
Example Sentences
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Overrunning the Detroit Lions, 37-23, on Saturday in Charlotte, they amassed 320 rushing yards — even without McCaffrey — and 570 yards of total offense.
From Washington Post • Dec. 28, 2022
Overrunning a Kuomintang headquarters, the Burmese found U.S.-made ammunition and boxes branded with the International Cooperation Administration symbol of two clasped hands.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Overrunning deeply staggered German defense lines built along canals and streams, the Russians captured Vac, 15 miles above Budapest, flung their right wing as far north as the Slovakian border.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Overrunning Kwangsi and Hunan, they had got possession of Hankow and the two adjacent cities,--a centre of wealth which may be compared to the three cities that form our Greater New York.
From Beacon Lights of History, Volume 14 The New Era; A Supplementary Volume, by Recent Writers, as Set Forth in the Preface and Table of Contents by Lord, John
Overrunning the whole eight provinces of the Kwanto, he appointed his own partisans to all posts of importance and set up a court after the Kyoto model.
From A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era by Brinkley, F. (Frank)