Overrun
Overrun verb - To enter for conquest or plunder.
Screen
Screen verb - To drive danger or attack away from.
Usage example: attack helicopters were called in to help screen the troops from further attacks
Both words in one sentence
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Until episode 7's Shitori Station, all stations seen on-screen had been overrun by Kabane.
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As the school is being overrun by the shambling, biting dead, you see two female students, presumably BFFs, who spend every on-screen moment holding hands, with the intention to survive together.
Source: Karmic Death -
Then we see London nearly overrun by an army of the undead, one of the secondary protagonists nearly eaten alive on screen and Sif has her heart ripped out and Harry Dresden uses his Death Curse.
Source: Cerebus Rollercoaster
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