Overriding

verb

  1. To ride across or beyond something.

  2. To ride a horse too hard.

  3. 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.

noun

  1. The act or process by which something is overridden.

adjective

  1. Superior, of supreme importance in the case.

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