overrun
verb (used with object)
to rove over (a country, region, etc.); invade; ravage.
have overrun
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present perfectof overrun.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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The LCD screens outside the Denver Nuggets basketball arena continue to flicker, although weeds and wolves have overrun the fast-food joints in a bit of postapocalyptic product placement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
RSF forces have overrun much of Darfur, while Burhan has moved the government and his headquarters to the Red Sea city of Port Sudan.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 13, 2024
After being named acting president, he made an address on television to declare a state of emergency and vowed to retake the government buildings that protesters have overrun in recent days, including his own office.
From New York Times ● Jul. 13, 2022
Overall, Edmunds’s long-term data document that numerous kinds of multicellular algae called macroalgae have overrun Caribbean reefs.
From Science Magazine ● Jul. 12, 2022
As 1940 ends, more British bombs have fallen over Hamburg, but the Nazis have overrun Poland, France, Denmark, Norway, Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands.
From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
