Another word for overridden

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overridden

modif.

defeated, rejected, voted down; see refused.

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He has the right of pardon and a veto of legislative acts, which may be overridden by a two-thirds vote of the members present of each house of the legislature.
But his advice was overridden by the Persian satraps, who forced him to fight at the Granicus.
The governor's veto may be overridden by a two-thirds vote of the legislature; the governor, secretary of state, and the attorney-general constitute a Board of Pardons and a Board of State Prison Commissioners.
The then Premier, Mr Reid, was rather lukewarm, as he considered that the free-trade policy of New South Wales would be overridden by its protectionist neighbours and its metropolitan position Attitude interfered with.
It had been in the back of her mind, but the babies had overridden even that degree of intimacy.

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