Overrun and Return

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Overrun verb - To enter for conquest or plunder.

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Return and overrun are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Return" instead a verb "Overrun".

Return verb - To bring, send, or put back to a former or proper place.

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Overrun and return are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Overrun" instead a verb "Return".

Nearby Words: returned, returning, returnable, returnee, returner

thanks	overrun thanks	return thanks
place	overrun place	return place
rest	overrun rest	return rest
death	overrun death	return death
Other words: time, earth, world, country, planet, town.

Remixed Level: The second time you return to the Piraty Princess Ship/Ninfestation, it's been overrun with ninjas.

Source: Video Game / Fancy Pants Adventures
In Episode 5 Molly does not return after leaving the group, but considering that the Savannah is completely overrun, her odds are not good.

Source: Video Game / The Walking Dead
On a more subtle note, late in the game you return to the first game's starting town of Fyrestone, and you see it overrun with Hyperion machinery and infrastructure and polluted with eridium slag.

Source: Player Punch / First-Person Shooter

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