overload
verb (used with object)
to load to excess; overburden.
had overloaded
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past perfectof overload.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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A girl knocked out by a kitchen cabinet she had overloaded with canned beans.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 1, 2021
But when he returned to Stanford, he learned that after an earthquake in nearby Napa Valley, callers had overloaded the 911 system, frustrating rescuers who were trying to prioritize those in peril.
From New York Times ● Aug. 9, 2019
“She had overloaded her mind with information with very dark implications,” Mr. Oswalt said.
From New York Times ● Feb. 15, 2018
The city smelt smoke: a circuit in an apartment building had overloaded.
From Nature ● Jun. 6, 2017
And the grade was long––and it was outrageously steep––and they had overloaded the little engine with freight cars––and she wasn’t yet half-way up.
From Billy Topsail & Company A Story for Boys by Norman Duncan
