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override

verb as in supersede

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“The overriding feeling was that OK, these are not perhaps being treated with the full level of care and respect that we would want,” he said.

From BBC

The game had seemed in hand at half-time, yet come the final whistle the overriding emotion in Dublin was one of relief.

From BBC

Folt was hired with an overriding mandate to restore trust in the university, which had been rocked by one scandal after another.

Campaigners in Florida had promoted the amendment as a way to override the law that came into force earlier this year, which banned abortion after the sixth week of pregnancy, with limited exceptions.

From BBC

The California Legislature also last overrode a gubernatorial veto in 1980.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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