overwritten

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English

Definitions

verb

To destroy (older data) by recording new data over it.“I accidentally saved my unwanted changes and overwrote the version of the document I wanted to keep.”
To cover in writing; to write over the top of.
To write too much.
To write in an unnecessarily complicated or florid way; to produce purple prose.

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Synonyms

overridden override replace substitute rewritten rewriting overworn overread written text overwrought typewritten rewrite written overdrew rewrote rewriter

Associated

bios buffer pointer malicious stack blank disk files kernel partition file algorithm

Rhymes

smitten fit in kitten written mitten frostbitten handwritten bitten unwritten sit in

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