overwrite

About 0.25 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb 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. verb To cover in writing; to write over the top of.
3. verb To write too much.
4. verb To write in an unnecessarily complicated or florid way; to produce purple prose.
5. noun The operation of destroying older data by recording new data over it.

Similar words

edit superimpose rewriting rewrite substitution substitute replacement surrogate rebuilding replace

Often followed by

the existing a any an it mode your events

Word family

overwrites overwriting overwritten overwrote