Usually means: Excessive stress causing potential harm.
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General (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. overstress: Merriam-Webster
  2. overstress: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. overstress: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. overstress: Collins English Dictionary
  5. overstress: Vocabulary.com
  6. overstress: Wordnik
  7. overstress: Wiktionary
  8. overstress: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. overstress: Dictionary.com
  10. overstress: Rhymezone
  11. overstress: FreeDictionary.org
  12. overstress: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. overstress: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. overstress: Legal dictionary

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  1. overstress: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (overstress)

verb:  To place excessive emphasis on something.
verb:  To place excessive physical stress on something, especially to such an extent that it deforms or breaks.

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