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overheating
  1. 1 overheating, excessive heating
  2. 2 superheating (heating a liquid above its boiling point without causing it to boil)
  3. 3 going to excess, running too hot, overheating (of an economy, debate, etc.)
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Mastered counts as known everywhere (frontier, map, extension) but never appears in the quiz again. New wipes the review history for this item.

· examples

  • The iron broke down due to over-heating.

    sense 1 · overheating

  • The emerging labor shortage is viewed as a sign of economic overheating.

    sense 3 · going to excess

  • The disadvantage of excellent insulation is that it quickly leads to overheating.

    sense 1 · overheating

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