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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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..
Afflict :: Afflict (v. t.) To strike or cast down; to overthrow.
Anatreptic :: Anatreptic (a.) Overthrowing; defeating; -- applied to Plato's refutative dialogues.
Underwork :: Underwork (v. t.) To injure by working secretly; to destroy or overthrow by clandestine measure; to undermine.
Defeat :: Defeat (v. t.) To overcome or vanquish, as an army; to check, disperse, or ruin by victory; to overthrow..
Treason :: Treason (n.) The offense of attempting to overthrow the government of the state to which the offender owes allegiance, or of betraying the state into the hands of a foreign power; disloyalty; treachery..
Bouleversement :: Bouleversement (n.) Complete overthrow; disorder; a turning upside down.
Fall :: Fall (n.) Downfall; degradation; loss of greatness or office; termination of greatness, power, or dominion; ruin; overthrow; as, the fall of the Roman empire..
Reverse :: Reverse (a.) Hence, to overthrow; to subvert..
Knockdown :: Knockdown (a.) Of force sufficient to fell or completely overthrow; as, a knockdown blow; a knockdown argument..
Stability :: Stability (a.) The state or quality of being stable, or firm; steadiness; firmness; strength to stand without being moved or overthrown; as, the stability of a structure; the stability of a throne or a constitution..
Profligate :: Profligate (a.) Overthrown; beaten; conquered.
Ruin :: Ruin (n.) Such a change of anything as destroys it, or entirely defeats its object, or unfits it for use; destruction; overthrow; as, the ruin of a ship or an army; the ruin of a constitution or a government; the ruin of health or hopes..
Overthrow :: Overthrow (n.) A faulty return of the ball by a fielder, so that the striker makes an additional run..
Overthrow :: Overthrow (n.) The act of overthrowing; the state of being overthrow; ruin.
Respondent :: Respondent (n.) One who maintains a thesis in reply, and whose province it is to refute objections, or overthrow arguments; -- distinguished from opponent..
Irrefragable :: Irrefragable (a.) Not refragable; not to be gainsaid or denied; not to be refuted or overthrown; unanswerable; incontestable; undeniable; as, an irrefragable argument; irrefragable evidence..
Overthrown :: Overthrown (p. p.) of Overthro.
Stable :: Stable (v. i.) Durable; not subject to overthrow or change; firm; as, a stable foundation; a stable position..
Strong :: Strong (superl.) Well established; firm; not easily overthrown or altered; as, a strong custom; a strong belief..
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