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overreact

 verb
     
o‧ver‧re‧act [intransitive]
to react to something with too much emotion, or by doing something that is unnecessary
overreact to
You always overreact to criticism.
Many investors overreacted to the stock market crash.
—overreaction noun [singular,uncountable]
Their response was an overreaction.
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