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overrode
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
When money was needed, he overrode his sons’ objections and sold off the band’s publishing company, believing the group had peaked.
The California Legislature also last overrode a gubernatorial veto in 1980.
They won in the lower courts, and the Supreme Court ruled in 2013 that the federal motor voter law preempted or overrode the state’s law.
But his love for Puerto Rico overrode any political affiliation shortly after the island was devastated by Hurricane Maria in 2017 and aid from the U.S. government was sporadic.
The council quickly overrode her veto but the new criminal code was later overturned by the U.S.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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