supersede

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County counsel Dawyn R. Harrison told the supervisors the ordinance “would most likely be challenged on the supremacy clause,” which holds that federal law supersedes state and local law.

From Los Angeles Times

The doctrine is a legal concept that states’ newer laws supersede old ones.

From Seattle Times

But in 1979, Argonne shut down its proton accelerator, which had been superseded by a much bigger, new one at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory 50 kilometers away.

From Science Magazine

Kaul argues that the 1849 law is so old it was essentially adopted without the people’s consent; or alternately, that narrower restrictions on abortion enacted in Wisconsin in 1985 supersede the older statute.

From Washington Times

Rather, following a hiatus, Communist cold warriors in Moscow were superseded by Communist cold warriors in Beijing.

From Washington Times