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8 words match “OVERCHARGE”

OVERCHARGE v. 7 definitions
To fill too full; to crowd. Our language is overcharged with consonants. Addison.
BURST v.
To break or rend by violence, as by an overcharge or by strain or pressure, esp. from within; to force open suddenly; as, to burst a cannon; to burst a blood vessel; to burst open the doors. My breast I'll burst with straining of my courage. Shak.
DOUBLE-CHARGE v.
To overcharge. Shak.
EXCISE v.
To impose upon; to overcharge. [Prov. Eng.]
EXTORTION n.
ng from a person by force, by threats, or by any undue exercise of power; undue exaction; overcharge.
GLOBE n.
. -- Globe of compression (Mil.), a kind of mine producing a wide crater; -- called also overcharged mine. -- Globe daisy (Bot.), a plant or flower of the genus Globularing, common in Europe. The flowers are minute and form globular heads. -- Globe sight, a form of front sight placed on target rifles. -- Globe slat…
SHOOT v.
To change form suddenly; especially, to solidify. If the menstruum be overcharged, metals will shoot into crystals. Bacon.
SURCHARGE v. 2 definitions
To overload; to overburden; to overmatch; to overcharge; as, to surcharge a beast or a ship; to surcharge a cannon. Four charged two, and two surcharged one. Spenser. Your head reclined, as hiding grief from view, Droops like a rose surcharged with morning dew. Dryden.