overdrinking

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I’ve been amplifying the ukulele through a pick-up and then overdriving it in a really great tube amp, so the texture became not the stereotypical strum of the ukulele.

From New York Times • Apr. 17, 2011

He also knows that overdriving will only shorten the days of his usefulness; he therefore wisely lets him stagger by unmolested, with his light load.

From The Pirate City An Algerine Tale by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)

The overdriving of trail cattle was frequently unavoidable, dry drives and the lack of grass on arid wastes being of common occurrence.

From The Outlet by Adams, Andy

Did you never think of it,—men are cheap, and machinery is dear; many a superintendent is dismissed for overdriving a delicate machine, who wouldn't be dismissed for overdriving an overtaxed man.

From The New Freedom A Call For the Emancipation of the Generous Energies of a People by Wilson, Woodrow

The Clinton tried with me, and I had to keep my esper carefully aimed at the road ahead because I was definitely overdriving my eyesight and reaction-time.

From Highways in Hiding by Smith, George Oliver