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overrun
verb as in defeat, invade
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The southern Indian city was not always an overrun metropolis.
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The industry has spent years trying to extract lessons from the cost overruns at Vogtle.
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It bears the risks of cost overruns and construction delays.
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It described the industry as "near-monopolistic", and said both civil and defence programmes are prone to "large cost overruns and schedule delays".
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As a result, the conference usually overruns, sometimes by more than a day.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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