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Overburden

Overburden meaning

To overload or overtax.

Example sentences (19)

Now, during monsoon, water starts to percolate inside the already disturbed slope and overburden the soil, making it loose and if there is heavy rain for 3-4 days straight, the situation aggravates and landslides take place.

This is why saving the planet is doomed, there are those that see it as an opportunity to overburden the resources for any efficiencies gained from the alternative processes.

We should explore first, raising domestic revenue, and expand the tax net, not to overburden the same people but, to make tax collection more efficient.

The government is determined not to overburden Ghanaians with the payment of more taxes, Dr Mohammed Amin Adam, the Finance Minister, has assured.

The insider claimed Prince William has issued firm instructions to the Royal family's aides not to overburden Kate.

The enhancement in overburden removal will enable CIL to accelerate production whenever the demand picks up and coal can be supplied to its customers at short notice.

You should drink about eight cups of water per day, but if you didn’t do that before, you should take things slow and not overburden your kidneys.

She warns that the estimated influx of 130,000 uninsured Kansans into KanCare could overburden an already struggling healthcare system.

The constraining pit shells were developed using overall pit slopes of 45 to 50 degrees in bedrock and 26.6 degrees in overburden.

Those calls overburden 911 operators and will let them focus on true emergencies, CBSN New York’s Carolyn Gusoff reported.

West Bengal will not implement the amended Motor Vehicles Act as the hefty fine proposed in it will overburden the common man, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said Wednesday.

It is not necessary to overburden it with all that may come after.

The Bulls likewise should avoid the temptation to overburden Parker in the early going, as his long-term health is far more important to them than a few additional meaningless regular-season wins.

This will ensure that we do not overburden our tactical networks by attempting to move data across tactical communication links, and that relevant insights are made more expediently at the levels where they are most beneficial.

Yes, it’s important to understand that the move to an SD-WAN cannot put user experience at risk or overburden the IT team.

As sediment deposition builds up, the overburden (lithostatic) pressure rises, and a process known as lithification takes place.

Effects on adjacent land Erosion of beaches can expose less resilient soils and rocks to wind and wave action leading to undermining of coastal headlands eventually resulting in catastrophic collapse of large quantities of overburden into the shallows.

Seams are covered by very little overburden (10 to 20 metres).

When a full tank was opened, the flood of water sluiced away the overburden to expose the bedrock underneath and any gold veins.