Meaning & use
Overloads
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Puts too great a load, burden, or amount of something into or onto someone or something.
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Adding too many apps overloads the phone's limited memory.
The manager worried that the new assignment overloads an already stretched team.
A note on using this word
In electronics and engineering, 'overloads' specifically refers to exceeding a system's safe capacity.
Words with a similar meaning
overburdensoverwhelms
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Words with an opposite meaning
lightenseases
Another way to use it
2. noun
An excessive amount or burden placed on a system or person (noun).
The blackout was caused by a power overload during the heat wave.
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