Definition of "overstress" []

• To place too much emphasis on. (verb-transitive)
• To subject to excessive physical or emotional stress. (verb-transitive)
• To subject to mechanical force or pressure to the point of deformation. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "One of them also failed in the accident, but the report did not specify the cause of the "overstress" on those welds."
• "I don't think you can overstress the Vietnam factor in discussing Penn's movie."
• "When you overtrain and overstress your body, the side effects can include progressive loss of strength, tiredness, loss of appetite, disrupted sleep, loss of motivation, and irritability."