Overrun
Overrun verb - To enter for conquest or plunder.
Wave
Wave verb - To direct or notify by a movement or gesture.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Mr. Krabs says this to Squidward when the Krusty Krab is overrun by a wave of hungry anchovies.
Source: I Want My Mommy -
In Batman's absence, and in the midst of a killer heat wave, Gotham City is overrun with crime, plagued by a monstrously violent gang known as The Mutants.
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Too Dumb to Live: While being one of the few survivors in a town overrun with zombies, Léa's first reflex when seeing armed soliders who are too far away to notice she's not dangerous is to get out of cover and wave at them.
Source: Series / Warp Zone Project
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