overload
verb (used with object)
to load to excess; overburden.
have overloaded
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present perfectof overload.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Combined with the unexpected effects of the pandemic, the resulting logjams have overloaded both jails and psychiatric facilities and left hundreds of incarcerated people languishing without mental health services.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 9, 2023
It’s unclear how this call to revere all objects relates to the Book’s equally fervent denunciation of the way humans have overloaded the planet with trash.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 24, 2021
The volume of device batteries being charged could also have overloaded the wiring, causing it to heat up and start the blaze.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2019
Had everyone been allowed back into the county under those conditions, it would have overloaded law enforcement’s ability to direct traffic and keep things safe.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 11, 2017
"Ah," said Gertrude, "but you have overloaded your boat; too many Virtues might contradict one another, but not a few."
From The Pilgrims of the Rhine by Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton
