Synonyms for overrule
ˌoʊ vərˈrulover·rule

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1. overrule, overturn, override, overthrow, reverseverb

   rule against

   "The Republicans were overruled when the House voted on the bill"

   Synonyms:
   turn, bring down, tip over, change by reversal, bowl over, upset, turn over, lift, vacate, annul, overthrow, countermand, subvert, rescind, reverse, invert, revoke, revolutionise, knock over, revolutionize, override, overturn, tump over, repeal, turn back

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1. overruleverb

   Synonyms:
   control, govern, sway, have control of

2. overruleverb

   Synonyms:
   annul, cancel, revoke, rescind, repeal, nullify, recall, reject, repudiate, supersede, set aside

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1. overruleverb

   Synonyms:
   annul, rescind, abrogate, revoke, supersede, set aside

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1. List of paraphrases for "overrule":

   override, invalidate, overthrow, annul, cancel, overturn, revoke

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How to use overrule in a sentence?

1. Erwin Chemerinsky:

   I very much hope that the court does not overrule Bakke, Grutter, and Fisher, but I fear it will.

2. Laurence Tribe:

   The issue is -- do the kinds of judges that he says he would insist on, the kind who would overrule Roe v. Wade, who don't believe in gay rights or women's rights, but who think the Constitution is frozen, if he really believes in their philosophy, it's an antiquated philosophy, but it turns out Ted Cruz drops that when it doesn't serve his purpose.

3. Amy Coney Barrett:

   I don't have any agenda, i have no agenda to try to overrule Casey. I have an agenda to stick to the rule of law and decide cases as they come.

4. Ryan Brown:

   Congress entrusts decision-making like this with the FDA. And they’re coming in trying to overrule that, saying this medication is unsafe because women bleed. Well, that’s part of having an abortion. It’s also part of having a pregnancy, the bottom line being that they just want to do away with abortion across the board and for any reason.

5. Judiciary Chairman Rep. Jerry Nadler:

   Well I'm saying it's, Hunter Biden has no knowledge of the accusations against The President. Did the The President, as we said, as the evidence shows The President did, betray The President country by conspiring a foreign country to try to rig the election ? Hunter Biden has nothing to say about The President. Their asking for Hunter Biden which is more of a smear of Hunter Biden that The President was trying to get the Ukraine to do. But the fact of the matter is let the Chief Justice rule on, the Chief Justice in the first instance rules on evidence. The Senate can overrule them. But no Chief Justice would think of admitting evidence that is not relevant. No trial judge would in any trial.