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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
overheat .
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Examples
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We must find the right balance between the excessive or abnormal use of our body which "overheats" its motor, and the lack of use that makes it rust.
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Your order is wrong, you must be from Soviet Russia ... first, they get attacked and their main campus "overheats".
doggdot.us 2008
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Your order is wrong, you must be from Soviet Russia ... first, they get attacked and their main campus "overheats".
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If water is not resupplied, which apparently was the case at unit 4, the water levels decline, the fuel is uncovered and it overheats, leading to a hydrogen explosion.
Marvin Resnikoff: Doomsday Scenario at Fukushima Marvin Resnikoff 2011
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If water is not resupplied, which apparently was the case at unit 4, the water levels decline, the fuel is uncovered and it overheats, leading to a hydrogen explosion.
Marvin Resnikoff: Doomsday Scenario at Fukushima Marvin Resnikoff 2011
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He likes to claim his brain works like a computer, if it overheats too much it shuts down.
So Disney was Great, but Ouch amberfocus 2009
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Overheating can occur if temperature controls, which are designed to shut off the fryer if the oil overheats, are defective, or if the appliance has no temperature controls.
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It can be any event in which the core overheats and damages the apparatus.
Nuclear power industry watches warily as Japan's aging reactor is hit hard 2011
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When a wire shorts or overheats the insulation melts and you get a 'burning rubber' kind of odor, with an extra sharp shot of ozone.
Electrical question jackwilliambell 2010
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In the car care kit should be the following – motor oil (both winter and summer oil), windshield washer fluid, antifreeze/coolant, 4L jugs of water (at least two – for the radiator if it overheats), funnels for the fluids (have at least two – one for oils, and one for windshield fluid), and a flashlight.
Travel Season: Road trips are the way to see the land | Northern Belle 2010
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