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overload

[ verb oh-ver-lohd; noun oh-ver-lohd ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to load to excess; overburden:

    Don't overload the raft or it will sink.



noun

  1. an excessive load.

overload

verb

  1. tr to put too large a load on or in


noun

  1. an excessive load

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Word History and Origins

Origin of overload1

First recorded in 1545–55; over- + load

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Example Sentences

“The painting is lush and triggers a sensory overload,” Harding said.

Users were hacked by clicking questionable pins, which rapidly spread and resulted in a bootylicious overload.

This is true of all technology: the more advanced it becomes, the more we are forced to multitask and adapt to choice overload.

Livestreams were “down nationwide due to a traffic overload/greater than expected,” the network told Variety in an email.

It also is home to the Heartattack Grill, an ode to caloric overload where ‘350 lbs and over eats free’.

In the meantime care should be taken not to overload the stomach.

Many of them had long since passed the red lines that marked the allowable overload point.

Mike the Angel knew that those points had been set low, but he also knew that they were approaching the real overload point.

And this was all on top of the ordinary human suffering, which did not abate one jot for all its overload.

The Cerebral, lacking a large alimentary system, is not tempted to overload his stomach or overtax his vital organs.

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