Abandon and Overnight

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Abandon verb - To give (oneself) over to something especially unrestrainedly.

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Overnight and abandon are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Overnight" instead a verb "Abandon".

Overnight adverb - During or for the length of one night.

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Abandon and overnight are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Abandon" instead a verb "Overnight".

The Communist Party was overwhelmed by the protests and forced to abandon their power to a new, democratically elected government, literally overnight.

Source: Useful Notes / Slovakia
There were a lot of those; many of them were founded and abandoned overnight on the ruler's whim (some Indian dynasties preferred to abandon the old capital and move a new one whenever a new ruler arose).

Source: Boom Town

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