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Definition of Overreacted
1. overreact [v] - See also: overreact
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overreacted
Literary usage of Overreacted
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report of the Congressional Committees Investigating the Iran/Contra Affair by Lee H. Hamilton, Daniel K. Inouye (1995)
"It seems clear, with 20/20 hindsight, that Casey and Poindexter overreacted.
They may even have used the Post story as a convenient peg in their ongoing ..."
2. Mentoring Across Boundaries: Helping Beginning Teachers Succeed in by Jean Boreen, Donna Niday, Mary K. Johnson (2003)
"The strategy worked in that the noise level remained at an acceptable level, but
I felt that I had overreacted. Upon reflection, I believe that I could have ..."
3. The First Yugoslavia: Search for a Viable Political System by Alex N. Dragnich (1983)
"... some foreign newspapers expressed the belief that Pasic had overreacted.
In any case, in Croatia the actions against Radic, far from hurting him, ..."
4. Central Asia and the World: Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan by Michael Mandelbaum (1994)
"That the Chinese overreacted, there is little doubt. But given the other events
occurring at the time of the disturbances, the Chinese response is ..."
5. The Life and Letters of Alexander Wilson by Alexander Wilson, Clark Hunter (1983)
"Unfortunately the Wilson faction overreacted, especially George Ord and Charles
Waterton, a fearless if capricious English naturalist. ..."