OVERRIDDEN Synonyms: 96 Similar and Opposite Words

overridden

verb

past participle of override

as in vetoed

to make (something) no longer valid Don't let the anticipatory anxiety override your excitement about starting grad school. Upper management reserves the right to override any decisions made by supervisors.

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as in stamped

to knock down and drive over They overrode the picket fence with their pickup in a hasty but effective escape.

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Recent Examples of overridden Kelly supports transgender rights, but GOP lawmakers have overridden her vetoes three of the last four years. — John Hanna, Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2026 In nearly every instance, the Council has overridden him, forcing the measures into law over his objection. — Arkansas Online, 6 Jan. 2025

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Everyone was up for hiking and taking cable cars to waterfalls; paragliding was sadly vetoed.

— Claudia Laroye, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Nov. 2026
President Woodrow Wilson vetoed that bill, and his statement about the veto acknowledged this wouldn’t make farmers happy.

— Justin Pot, Popular Science, 31 Oct. 2026

Definition of vetoed

Verb

The structure uses thin sheets of nickel-titanium (NiTi), a shape-memory alloy, stamped into porous chips and stacked to form a tubular refrigerant unit.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 7 Nov. 2026
Consumer product packaging could only be stamped with the chasing arrows recycling symbol if at least 60% of consumers have access to recycling programs that accept the product.

— Lisa Song, ProPublica, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of stamped

Verb

One filed by the developers was later withdrawn, while one filed by the city is working its way through the appeals process.

— Barbara Henry, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Nov. 2026
By March 1957, the last Israeli soldiers had withdrawn from Egypt, and the canal reopened the following month once the sunken ships were cleared.

— David Averre, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of withdrawn

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When they were smashed into molecules consisting of two ordinary hydrogen atoms, the muonic atoms implanted themselves within those molecules and assimilated one of their hydrogens.

— George Musser, Quanta Magazine, 2 Nov. 2026
In Frankfurt, police said Molotov cocktails were thrown at emergency personnel and shop windows were smashed.

— Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 1 Nov. 2026

Definition of smashed

Verb

Pope Leo personally pushed ahead with the visit In the aftermath of his surgery, many speculated that the trip would be canceled.

— Christopher Lamb, CNN Money, 6 Nov. 2026
The effort comes as the island faces chronic outages and water shortages, while federal officials have canceled major solar programs intended to help low-income residents.

— Dánica Coto, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of canceled

Verb

Ayala also allegedly kicked her 17-month-old daughter, causing the child to hit her head on a baby gate, AZ Family reported, citing court documents.

— Samira Asma-Sadeque, PEOPLE, 6 Nov. 2026
Curated, the French beauty group’s turnaround framework, kicked into motion last fiscal year.

— Ella Graveney, Vogue, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of kicked

Verb

Just two days before the tragedy, the school’s principal had called Thomas Frimpong to report that his son was being targeted and that two students had been suspended as a result.

— Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 11 Nov. 2026
Washington had briefly suspended access by foreign nationals to Anthropic's Mythos and Fable 5 models in June before restoring it weeks later.

— Anniek Bao, CNBC, 11 Nov. 2026

Definition of suspended

Verb

After Baltimore beat Seaver and the Mets 4-1 in the World Series opener, Koosman allowed one run over 8 2/3 innings and got the victory as New York won Game 2 by 2-1.

— CBS News, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2026
Spencer Bronson of the Connecticut State Police Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Squad who relayed to him that an analysis of the scene found no evidence suggesting Ringquist was run over.

— Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 2 Nov. 2026

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