overtop
Example Sentences
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When meltwaters reach a certain level, they can overtop a glacier that previously held them back.
From BBC • Aug. 13, 2025
The reservoir behind the dam rose to within 1 foot of the dam’s maximum storage capacity, prompting warnings that water could overtop the dam and worsen already-dangerous conditions downstream, or damage the dam.
From Scientific American • Jul. 13, 2023
The deadly weather is foiling evacuation plans and straining the state’s aging infrastructure as strong winds topple power lines and fast rising waters overtop levees.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 11, 2023
Making matters worse: Communities have been built on those floodplains, so when rivers overtop their banks, the water goes into people’s houses rather than replenishing wetland habitats and slowly sinking into the soil.
From Washington Post • Jan. 10, 2023
They range from six feet two inches to six feet five, and I know that both my sons, when they stretch their full height, will overtop me.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
