overwrites
Saves over existing
Overwrites is the third-person singular of overwrite, meaning to write over existing content, replacing it.
In computing, overwriting destroys previous data by saving new data in the same location: The update overwrites your settings.
More broadly, anything that supersedes or replaces something else overwrites it: New experience overwrites old habits.
Replaces by authority
- substitutesReplacements for originals
- displacesRemoves from usual place
- supplantsReplaces by force
- preemptsActs to prevent another
overrides · updates · replaces · swaps · exchanges · succeeds · usurps · takes over
Causes moral decline
- erasesRemoves marks completely
- deletesRemoves stored information
- wipesRubs clean
- clearsRemoves or vindicates
nullifies · resets · blanks · zeros · destroys · obliterates · purges · expunges
Dominates by comparison
- eclipsesAstronomical occultations
- outshinesExceeds in brilliance
- surpassesExceeds in quality
- overwhelmsConquers by superior force
prevails · trumps · overrides · outweighs · overpowers · predominates · dwarfs · obscures
supersedes
Replaces by authority
- substitutesReplacements for originals
- displacesRemoves from usual place
- supplantsReplaces by force
preempts · overrides · updates · replaces · swaps · exchanges · succeeds · usurps · takes over · clobbers
corrupts
Causes moral decline
clears · nullifies · resets · blanks · zeros · destroys · obliterates · purges · expunges · loses
overshadows
Dominates by comparison
overwhelms · prevails · trumps · overrides · outweighs · overpowers · predominates · dwarfs · obscures · drowns out
expresses
Communicates through words
- dominatesExerts supreme control
- masksFace-covering disguises
- suppressesActively prevents expression
silences · overrides · dominance · recessive · allele · phenotype · gene · inheritance · Mendelian · trait
- tech fixesfix, reboot, repair, software patch, reset
- Copy Errorstypo, misspelling, misprint, transcription error, transposition
overwritespreserves
Cooked fruit in sugar
protects · retains · keeps · safeguards · backs up
overwritesappends
Adds to end
extends · concatenates · inserts · supplements · augments