overwriting

/OW0 V ER0 R AY1 T IH0 NG/

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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