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overshadow |
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overshadow Verb 1. to make (someone or something) seem insignificant or less important by comparison 2. to sadden the atmosphere of: news of their team-mate's injury overshadowed the victory celebrations
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overshadow verb 1. spoil, ruin, mar, wreck, scar, blight, crool or cruel Austral. (slang) mess up, take the edge off, put a damper on, cast a gloom upon, take the pleasure or enjoyment out of |
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How many generations of the majestic trees which overshadow them have grown and flourished and decayed since first they were erected! They were warlike little nations and defied, in those days, governments that overshadow them now as mountains overshadow molehills. On its extreme end an oak stretched forward, as if to overshadow with its branches a spot which its roots were forbidden to enter. |
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