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The older brother, Wilhelm, objects to the slaughter of Jews and prisoners but is overridden by Nazi zealots in command.

That spring Clinton had overridden the advice of most of his advisors to endorse a balanced budget.

Many other European countries have seen their press restrictions overridden by the wilderness of the Internet.

They were not mentioned by name and their political rights were ignored and overridden.

“Passion for talent has been overridden today by greed,” he claimed when we had two days of conversations over Skype.

The Marshal's political suggestions were unheeded and his military plans overridden.

Dorothy was opposed to the idea and she said so, but her opinion was overridden by the two men.

To the south, the rocks are overridden by the inland ice which bears down upon and overwhelms them.

Modern streets and modern improvements have so overridden the village of old that traces of it are few and difficult to find.

The horses, moreover, were overridden and overloaded, and the persons by whom they were hired not rarely forgot to pay for them.

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

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