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overboomed

overboomed is the simple past and past participle of overboom.

Meaning of overboom

Verb

overboom (third-person singular simple present overbooms, present participle overbooming, simple past and past participle overboomed)

  1. (transitive) To grow or progress too quickly, resulting in the crash of (something).
    • Its various resources are so vast that there is no possibility of overbooming the country. There is now a limitless demand for people of at least average intelligence and industry and with some money with which to get a fair start.1909, Malton-Colony: Sacramento Valley California, page 5

Questions about overboomed

What is overboomed the simple past and past participle of?
Overboomed is the simple past and past participle of overboom.

Words near overboomed in the dictionary

  1. overbooking
  2. overbookings
  3. overbookish
  4. overbooks
  5. overboom
  6. overboomed
  7. overbooming
  8. overbooms
  9. overboost
  10. overboosted
  11. overboosting

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