Definition of overthrow

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Overthrow (n.) The act of throwing a ball too high, as over a player's head..

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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..
Overthrow :: Overthrow (n.) The act of overthrowing; the state of being overthrow; ruin.
Overthrown :: Overthrown (p. p.) of Overthro.
Sound :: Sound (superl.) Founded in truth or right; supported by justice; not to be overthrown on refuted; not fallacious; as, sound argument or reasoning; a sound objection; sound doctrine; sound principles..
Downcome :: Downcome (n.) Sudden fall; downfall; overthrow.
Quash :: Quash (v. t.) To abate, annul, overthrow, or make void; as, to quash an indictment..
Strong :: Strong (superl.) Well established; firm; not easily overthrown or altered; as, a strong custom; a strong belief..
Bouleversement :: Bouleversement (n.) Complete overthrow; disorder; a turning upside down.
Demolition :: Demolition (n.) The act of overthrowing, pulling down, or destroying a pile or structure; destruction by violence; utter overthrow; -- opposed to construction; as, the demolition of a house, of military works, of a town, or of hopes..
Smite :: Smite (v. t.) To put to rout in battle; to overthrow by war.
Stable :: Stable (v. i.) Durable; not subject to overthrow or change; firm; as, a stable foundation; a stable position..
Mine :: Mine (v. i.) To dig a mine or pit in the earth; to get ore, metals, coal, or precious stones, out of the earth; to dig in the earth for minerals; to dig a passage or cavity under anything in order to overthrow it by explosives or otherwise..
Disaffirmance :: Disaffirmance (n.) Overthrow or annulment by the decision of a superior tribunal; as, disaffirmance of judgment..
Overset :: Overset (v. t.) To cause to fall, or to tail; to subvert; to overthrow; as, to overset a government or a plot..
Subversionary :: Subversion (n.) The act of overturning, or the state of being overturned; entire overthrow; an overthrow from the foundation; utter ruin; destruction; as, the subversion of a government; the subversion of despotic power; the subversion of the constitution..
Ruin :: Ruin (n.) To bring to ruin; to cause to fall to pieces and decay; to make to perish; to bring to destruction; to bring to poverty or bankruptcy; to impair seriously; to damage essentially; to overthrow.
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..
Profligate :: Profligate (a.) Overthrown; beaten; conquered.
Reversal :: Reversal (n.) A change or overthrowing; as, the reversal of a judgment, which amounts to an official declaration that it is false; the reversal of an attainder, or of an outlawry, by which the sentence is rendered void..
Overthrow :: Overthrow (n.) A faulty return of the ball by a fielder, so that the striker makes an additional run..
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