had been overrunning

• past perfect progressive

  past perfect progressive

  Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.

  of overrun.
  overrun

  verb (used with object)

  to rove over (a country, region, etc.); invade; ravage.

Related Words

• beset
• choke
• deluge
• inundate
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• overwhelm
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