overridden
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/ˌəʊ.vəˈɹɪdn̩/
English
Definitions
verb
- To ride across or beyond something.
- To ride a horse too hard.
- To counteract the normal operation of something; to countermand with orders of higher priority.“The Congress promptly overrode the president's veto, passing the bill into law.”
- To define a new behaviour of a method by creating the same method of the superclass with the same name and signature.
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Synonyms
abolishedabortedabrogatedannulledavoidedcanceledcancelleddeleteddisabledfloutedinvalidinvalidatedlapsingneutralisedneutralizednullified
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