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oh ver heet

  • v  get excessively and undesirably hot
    The car engines overheated
  • v  make excessively or undesirably hot
    The room was overheated

  • The TV showed images of exploding laptops, but the message from Dell was more subdued: "Under rare conditions, it is possible for these batteries to overheat, which could cause a .
  • This downturn is likely to be deep, and the economy will probably remain weak for several years--meaning there isn't much cause to worry that stimulus would overheat an already .
  • The 747 was taxiing away from the terminal when a sudden gust of wind blew directly in the exhaust vent of the right outboard engine, causing the fuel to flare up and overheat the .
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  • Dick Jauron in USA Today
    I wouldn't say he did overheat, but we didn't want him to, and it was clearly gaining on him,Jauron said.
  • Patrick Carpentier in Motorsport.com
    That was a great race and it was a lot of fun,said Carpentier. "The car was running well for most of the race, except at the end when it started to overheat a little bit. I think there must have been some debris left in the radiators and...
  • Andrew Leslie in National Post
    We are not going to lose soldiers because they overheat,Mr. Leslie told reporters.

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