Its purpose was to protect lighting circuit wiring from accidental short circuits and overloads. In addition to standard member functions, operator overloads and destructors can be virtual. This overloads the smaller site, causing it to slow down or even temporarily become unavailable. The Standard C++ library provides two placement overloads each for these functions. However, this overloads Emerl, deleting his personality and causing him to go haywire. This overloads the victim computer and can even make it unusable during such attack. Knowing he cannot kill Superman A.L.F.R.E.D overloads the Batsuits power reserves, temporally injuring Superman. Nimrod is defeated when Surge overloads Nimrod's temporal unit, blasting Nimrod out of the timestream. Control electronics included functions such as protection against over-heated cook-pans and overloads. A power surge overloads the machinery, killing Finnegan. This overloads the plant and causes a town-wide blackout. Firing several rounds of the Sound Buster, the Macross Cannon overloads and explodes. Unsustainable farming practices have led to sediment overloads and erosion further harming the river. The plant suddenly overloads and explodes, blacking out a large portion of the city. Kyoko overloads her soul gem to create a massive explosion that kills them both.