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supersede

verb as in take the place of; override

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They would not, for example, supersede federal law regarding the Establishment Clause in the First Amendment.

Sport does have this incredible power to supersede current affairs and politics.

Netanyahu is meanwhile scrambling to supersede the Plessner committee with intra-coalition negotiations conducted by himself.

A view of the duchess's ball-room, or of the dining-table of the earl, will supersede all occasion for lengthy fiddle-faddle.

There is to be no sovereign power, great or small, other than American, and tribal wards are to supersede dattoships.

By the act, which it was intended to supersede, all foreign sugar was subjected to a duty of 63s.

Led astray by party spirit, the ministers sent Admiral Pigot, a mere nonentity, to supersede Rodney.

It is destined to supersede the one, and to introduce the other.

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On this page you'll find 53 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to supersede, such as: annul, overrule, repudiate, set aside, supplant, and usurp.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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