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v. - Get excessively and undesirably hot; Make excessively or undesirably hot.

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Usage examples (34)
  • No it's not normal for an iMac to "overheat" period.
  • There was an "overheat" warning in the No. 2 engine, followed by a "fire" warning.
  • "overheat" would indicate a resulting failure of some kind.
  • "overheat" for the first time since 2007 - putting commodities firmly into favour.
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