💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Overwrite"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| editnoun | To change a text, or a document. |
| superimposeverb | To place an object over another object, usually in such a way that both will be visible. |
| rewritingnoun | The process or result of writing again; a rewrite. |
| rewriteverb | (transitive) To write again, differently; to modify; to revise. |
| substitutionnoun | The act of substituting or the state of being substituted. |
| substitutenoun | (transitive) To use in place of something else, with the same function. |
| replacementnoun | A person or thing that takes the place of another; a substitute. |
| surrogatenoun | A substitute (usually of a person, position or role). |
| rebuildingnoun | The act of building something again. |
| replaceverb | (transitive) To supply or substitute an equivalent with. |
| overlapnoun | To 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. |
| replacingnoun | the 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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