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What does overstress mean?

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Verb
  1. To place excessive emphasis on something
  2. To place excessive physical stress on something, especially to such an extent that it deforms or breaks
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It said the tyre failed because of overstress probably caused by under-inflation, itself probably caused by a leaking overpressure valve.
You cannot overstress the importance of the bench in Test rugby today and O'Brien will have an impact.
Shimming of the shelf angle may not be adequate and may put the anchorage into overstress if shimmed too far.
The two mating fracture surfaces on the pedestal were overstress in nature and showed no signs of progressive failure.
The fractures observed on the pieces of rail submitted were all considered to have occurred as a result of overstress failure.
The rail fracture surface displayed characteristics typical of catastrophic brittle failure associated with recent overstress ruptures.

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