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Overwrite

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editnounTo change a text, or a document.
superimposeverbTo place an object over another object, usually in such a way that both will be visible.
rewritingnounThe process or result of writing again; a rewrite.
rewriteverb(transitive) To write again, differently; to modify; to revise.
substitutionnounThe act of substituting or the state of being substituted.
substitutenoun(transitive) To use in place of something else, with the same function.
replacementnounA person or thing that takes the place of another; a substitute.
surrogatenounA substitute (usually of a person, position or role).
rebuildingnounThe act of building something again.
replaceverb(transitive) To supply or substitute an equivalent with.
overlapnounTo extend over and partly cover something.
overlaynoun(transitive) To lay, spread, or apply (something) over or across (something else); to overspread.
overrideverb(transitive, intransitive) To counteract the normal operation of something; to countermand with orders of higher priority.
replacedverb(transitive) To supply or substitute an equivalent with.
replacingnounthe act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another
eraseverb(transitive) To remove (markings or information).
wipe outverb(transitive) To destroy (especially, a large number or complete set of people or things); to obliterate.
clobbernoun(slang) A thumping or beating.
unwrite(transitive) To erase; to revert to a state where (something) was never written.
destroyverb(ambitransitive) To damage beyond use or repair; to damage (something) to the point that it effectively ceases to exist.

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