Definition of overthrow

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Overthrow (v. t.) To throw over; to overturn; to upset; to turn upside down.

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Strong :: Strong (superl.) Well established; firm; not easily overthrown or altered; as, a strong custom; a strong belief..
Anarchist :: Anarchist (n.) An anarch; one who advocates anarchy of aims at the overthrow of civil government.
Rase :: Rase (v. i.) To be leveled with the ground; to fall; to suffer overthrow.
Fenian :: Fenian (n.) A member of a secret organization, consisting mainly of Irishment, having for its aim the overthrow of English rule in ireland..
Revolution :: Revolution (n.) A fundamental change in political organization, or in a government or constitution; the overthrow or renunciation of one government, and the substitution of another, by the governed..
Stable :: Stable (v. i.) Firmly established; not easily moved, shaken, or overthrown; fixed; as, a stable government..
Defeat :: Defeat (v. t.) To overcome or vanquish, as an army; to check, disperse, or ruin by victory; to overthrow..
Unpreach :: Unpreach (v. t.) To undo or overthrow by preaching.
Quash :: Quash (v. t.) To abate, annul, overthrow, or make void; as, to quash an indictment..
Refutation :: Refutation (n.) The act or process of refuting or disproving, or the state of being refuted; proof of falsehood or error; the overthrowing of an argument, opinion, testimony, doctrine, or theory, by argument or countervailing proof..
Mat :: Mat (a.) Cast down; dejected; overthrown; slain.
Subverant :: Subvert (v. i.) To overthrow anything from the foundation; to be subversive.
Overthrow :: Overthrow (n.) A faulty return of the ball by a fielder, so that the striker makes an additional run..
Fall :: Fall (n.) Death; destruction; overthrow; ruin.
Overset :: Overset (n.) An upsetting; overturn; overthrow; as, the overset of a carriage..
Supplantation :: Supplant (n.) To overthrow, undermine, or force away, in order to get a substitute in place of..
Reverse :: Reverse (a.) To overthrow by a contrary decision; to make void; to under or annual for error; as, to reverse a judgment, sentence, or decree..
Knockdown :: Knockdown (a.) Of force sufficient to fell or completely overthrow; as, a knockdown blow; a knockdown argument..
Vindicate :: Vindicate (v. t.) To maintain, as a law or a cause, by overthrowing enemies..
Refute :: Refute (v. t.) To disprove and overthrow by argument, evidence, or countervailing proof; to prove to be false or erroneous; to confute; as, to refute arguments; to refute testimony; to refute opinions or theories; to refute a disputant..
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