as in overloads
to fill or load to excess
it is important that you bring on the hike plenty of food and water, but don't overburden your pack with unnecessary gear
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Recent Examples of overburdens
In January 2025, a federal judge ruled that portion of the ordinance overburdens free speech rights by prohibiting anyone from providing any lecture in any San Diego public park or beach.
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Alex Wigglesworth,
Los Angeles Times,
2 July 2026
What to know about the new pump station When rainfall overburdens the sewer system, the new pump station will reduce the strain.
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Vanessa Murdock,
CBS News,
19 Nov. 2025
Alex Wigglesworth,
Los Angeles Times,
2 July 2026
What to know about the new pump station When rainfall overburdens the sewer system, the new pump station will reduce the strain.
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Vanessa Murdock,
CBS News,
19 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overburdens
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They'll often be triggered if a player kills an enormous number of enemies in a short time, or overloads the screen with complex physics like hundreds of items or explosions.
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The relentless flow of appalling events eventually overloads the nervous system; the rising tide of brutality, which once seemed shocking, comes to seem unremarkable.
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Intelligent power switches can monitor electrical flow while controlling loads more efficiently.
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The app decrypts the file and loads it into the appropriate editing program.
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An electronic safety system monitors each cell during operations, avoiding both under- and overcharges.
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Throughout, visiting tourist Madeleine (Kristen Stewart) stuffs her face with every kind of meat, vegetable and carb while her father Phil (Woody Harrelson) is the one whose stomach miraculously swells.
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At home, Jonathan Wright, director of the Indianapolis art museum's park and gardens, stuffs in the plants, stacks the pots, and lets everything grow.
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“Overburdens.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overburdens. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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