OVERRUN

• (noun) too much production or more than expected

  synonyms : overproduction

• (verb) run beyond or past

  "The plane overran the runway"

• (verb) seize the position of and defeat

  "the Crusaders overran much of the Holy Land"

• (verb) invade in great numbers

  "the roaches infested our kitchen"

  synonyms : infest

• (verb) flow or run over (a limit or brim)

  synonyms : brim over , overflow , run over , well over

• (verb) occupy in large numbers or live on a host

  "the Kudzu plant infests much of the South and is spreading to the North"

  synonyms : infest , invade

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