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overridden
/ˌoʊ.vɚˈɹɪd.ən/
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What does overridden mean?
verb
- past participle of override
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/ˌoʊ.vɚˈɹɪd.ən/
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To the south, the rocks are overridden by the inland ice which bears down upon and overwhelms them.
These attractions, however, were overridden by the fact that the beach was open to the attack of wind and sea from the north-east and east.
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With McLean it was a case of letting his sober, better judgment be overridden by the boy he was growing so to love that he could not endure to oppose him, and to have Freckles keep his trust and win alone meant more than any money the Boss might lose.
By making a care of her mother instead of a companion, she was not only guilty of disrespect to a soul which, however weak it may have been in allowing itself to be directed in all minor matters, had its own firm principles which were not overridden nor even disturbed by the daughter's dominance.