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overrides
verb as in cancel, reverse a decision
Weak matches
- alter
- annul
- bend to one's will
- control
- countermand
- direct
- disallow
- disregard
- dominate
- govern
- ignore
- influence
- invalidate
- make null and void
- make void
- not heed
- nullify
- outvote
- outweigh
- overturn
- prevail over
- quash
- recall
- repeal
- rescind
- revoke
- ride roughshod
- rule against
- set aside
- supersede
- sway
- take no account of
- thwart
- trample
- upset
- vanquish
- veto
Example Sentences
And they claimed that this federal rule overrides, or “preempts,” state laws to the contrary, including Mississippi’s.
He understands that he is breaking the law, but says the poverty that he finds himself in overrides that.
In their appeal to the Supreme Court, lawyers for Uber and Lyft, joined by a coalition of California employers, contended the Federal Arbitration Act overrides state laws and blocks broad lawsuits seeking money for employees who had agreed to arbitrate claims as individuals.
“State influence overrides all market factors, and Western values, even ‘universal’ values, aren’t all applied China.”
“In a situation where people are scared, he’s not as scared because his curiosity always overrides his fear,” Tadanobu says.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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