The overriding concern for the committee was the safety of the participants.
overridingсуществительное
The act or process of overriding; an instance in which something is overridden.
The overriding of the presidential veto required a two-thirds majority.
overrideглагол
To use one's authority to reject or cancel a decision, view, etc.
The manager decided to override the team's decision and implement a new strategy.
To interrupt the action of an automatic device, typically in order to take manual control.
The pilot had to override the autopilot system to land the plane safely.
To be more important than something else.
In this case, safety concerns override the need for speed.
In object-oriented programming, to provide a new implementation of an inherited method, property, or other element so that it replaces the superclass version.
The subclass overrides the draw() method to add custom graphics.