overrun
Noun
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Too much production or more than expected (synset 100916174)
is a type of: production - (economics) manufacturing or mining or growing something (usually in large quantities) for salesame as: overproduction
Verb
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Invade in great numbers (synset 202024265)
"the roaches infested our kitchen"is a type of: invade, occupy - march aggressively into another's territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupationsame as: infest
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Occupy in large numbers or live on a host (synset 202660781)
"the Kudzu plant infests much of the South and is spreading to the North"is a type of: inhabit - be present in
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Flow or run over (a limit or brim) (synset 202076087)
subtypes: geyser - to overflow like a geyser
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Seize the position of and defeat (synset 201105870)
"the Crusaders overran much of the Holy Land"
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Run beyond or past (synset 200707690)
"The plane overran the runway"is a type of: overshoot - aim too high
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