overwrite
/OW0 V ER0 R AY1 T/noun
- 1
The operation of destroying older data by recording new data over it.
verb
- 1
To destroy (older data) by recording new data over it.
“I accidentally saved my unwanted changes and overwrote the version of the document I wanted to keep.”
- 2
To cover in writing; to write over the top of.
- 3
To write too much.
- 4
To write in an unnecessarily complicated or florid way; to produce purple prose.
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