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overthrow
[ verb oh-ver-throh; noun oh-ver-throh ]
verb (used with object)
- to depose, as from a position of power; overcome, defeat, or vanquish:
to overthrow a tyrant.
Synonyms: ,
- to put an end to by force, as a government or institution.
- to throw or knock down; overturn; topple:
The heavy winds overthrew numerous telephone poles and trees.
- to knock down and demolish.
Synonyms: , ,
- to throw (something) too far.
- Baseball. (of a pitcher) to throw too hard, often affecting control or straining the arm.
- Archaic. to destroy the sound condition of (the mind).
verb (used without object)
- to throw too far:
If I hadn't overthrown, it would have been a sure putout.
noun
- the act of overthrowing; state or condition of being overthrown.
- deposition from power.
- defeat; destruction; ruin.
Synonyms:
overthrow
verb
- tr to effect the downfall or destruction of (a ruler, institution, etc), esp by force
- tr to throw or turn over
- tr to throw (something, esp a ball) too far
noun
- an act of overthrowing
- downfall; destruction
- cricket
- a ball thrown back too far by a fielder
- a run scored because of this
Other Word Forms
- v·ٳǷİ noun
- ·v·ٳǷ noun
- o··ٳǷ verb (used with object) preoverthrew preoverthrown preoverthrowing
- ܲo··ٳǷɲ adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of overthrow1
Example Sentences
She compared him with the conservative Mexicans who, in the 1850s, invited the French to help overthrow the liberal government of President Benito Juarez.
Other bodies no longer subject to asset freezes include a number of media organisations and Syria's intelligence agencies, although these were dissolved after the overthrow of Assad.
Burkina Faso's military government has said it foiled a "major plot" to overthrow junta leader Capt Ibrahim Traoré, with the army alleging the plotters were based in neighbouring Ivory Coast.
He also had differences with fellow Jesuits who believed Bergoglio lacked interest in liberation theology - that synthesis of Christian thought and Marxist sociology which sought to overthrow injustice.
It seeks to overthrow the federal government and establish an Islamist state.
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