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overslaughed

overslaughed is the simple past and past participle of overslaugh.

Meaning of overslaugh

Verb

overslaugh (third-person singular simple present overslaughs, present participle overslaughing, simple past and past participle overslaughed)

  1. (US, archaic, dialectal, slang, transitive) To hinder or stop, as by an overslaugh or impediment.
    • to overslaugh a bill in a legislative body

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Questions about overslaughed

What is overslaughed the simple past and past participle of?
Overslaughed is the simple past and past participle of overslaugh.

Words near overslaughed in the dictionary

  1. overskirt
  2. overskirts
  3. oversky
  4. overslack
  5. overslaugh
  6. overslaughed
  7. overslaughing
  8. overslaughs
  9. overslavish
  10. overslavishly
  11. overslay

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Adapted from Wiktionary: overslaughed (page history and authors); overslaugh (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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