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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
He understands that he is breaking the law, but says the poverty that he finds himself in overrides that.
“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.
The court said then that federal law preempts or overrides state enforcement that “conflicts” with federal enforcement.
For Miles, however, the habit that overrides all is the habit of trusting me.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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