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overrules
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
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Example Sentences
Conservatives criticized the decision; Todd Starnes, the host of Fox News & Commentary, tweeted, “Supreme Court overrules God.”
First, the signed water agreement overrules all other parameters.
He frequently overrules poverty, and it contributes to the good of His children.
The Court overrules your objection, and fines you ten cigars for contempt of Court.
That is to say the scion overrules the root in budding or grafting upon one or two year old seedlings.
When a court overrules a previous decision, it does not simply repeal it; it must pronounce it never to have been law.
He acknowledged the hand of God in all things, knowing that He overrules all things for good to those who keep His commandments.
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On this page you'll find 65 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to overrules, such as: alter, annul, control, countermand, direct, and disallow.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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