overwrite
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
overwrite/əʊvəˈrʌɪt/
▶verb (past overwrote; past part. overwritten)
- 1 write on top of (other writing).
■ Computing destroy (data) or the data in (a file) by entering new data in its place.
- 2 write too elaborately or ornately.
- 3 (in insurance) accept more risk than the premium income limits allow.
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