1. In software engineering, Clobbering a file, Processor register or computer memory is the process of overwriting its contents

2. 29 John Smith was now committed to clobbering the poor by reversing their tax cut as soon as Labour got in.

3. The Jargon File defines Clobbering as To overwrite, usually unintentionally: "I walked off the end of the array and Clobbered the stack." …