overrun

Object

• buffer: I keep getting an error message ' Receive buffer overrun ' .
• runway: On 21 May 1998, a Leisure International Airways A320 overran the runway at Ibiza Airport in the Balearic Islands.
• brake: Front hitch, all four wheels have auto-reverse overrun brakes.
• ball: The Burnley right back tried to shepherd Lewis out of play, as he had appeared to overrun the ball slightly.
• cost: The cost overrun on the scheme is expected to be less than £ 20,000.
• device: Vehicle Technology Caravans Overrun Devices Standard Spring Cylinder Most AL-KO overrun devices supplied to the caravan market are fitted with a standard spring cylinder.

Converse of object

avoid: In the first case designing writing tools to help authors avoid overruns.

Subject

tourist: Always fancied visiting, but fear it will be a cheap cash-in overrun by fat tourists.

Adjective modifier

• massive: Firstly the history of high-tech government schemes is one of massive cost overruns coupled with equally massive logistical and technical failures.
• huge: Unfortunately, failing public sector IT projects are no longer the exception and huge cost overruns can be confidently predicted.

Modifying Another Word

eventually: After being routed by troops loyal to the republic, Thompson and about 12 companions were isolated and eventually overrun by army regiments.

Noun used with modifier

• buffer: This isn't really any different from the problems we saw with buffer overruns in the from line permitting execution of arbitrary code.
• cost: In contrast, cost overruns under PFI are on average 170 per cent from outline to full business case.
• budget: It is the tenant who has to pay for budget overruns.

Preposition: in

midfield: Wednesday, overrun in midfield, caught out Steve Coppell's side in the 26th minute.

Preposition: with

• mice--: I had rather my studio were overrun with multicolored mice-- " She stopped with free game palm software something almost like a sob.
• weed: Is it bearing fruit, or is it overrun with weeds?
• tourist: Hence they aren't as overrun with tourists as Dunn's.

Preposition: by

• tourist: Always fancied visiting, but fear it will be a cheap cash-in overrun by fat tourists.
• army: The smaller nations of the Middle East, rejoicing over their deliverance from Assyria, soon found themselves overrun by the armies of Babylon.