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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Worst :: Worst (a.) To gain advantage over, in contest or competition; to get the better of; to defeat; to overthrow; to discomfit..
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..
Quash :: Quash (v. t.) To abate, annul, overthrow, or make void; as, to quash an indictment..
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..
Raze :: Raze (v. t.) To subvert from the foundation; to lay level with the ground; to overthrow; to destroy; to demolish.
Everse :: Everse (v. t.) To overthrow or subvert.
Mat :: Mat (a.) Cast down; dejected; overthrown; slain.
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..
Yezdegerdian :: Yezdegerdian (a.) Of or pertaining to Yezdegerd, the last Sassanian monarch of Persia, who was overthrown by the Mohammedans; as, the Yezdegerdian era, which began on the 16th of June, a. d. 632. The era is still used by the Parsees..
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.
Defeat :: Defeat (v. t.) To overcome or vanquish, as an army; to check, disperse, or ruin by victory; to overthrow..
Confusion :: Confusion (n.) Overthrow; defeat; ruin.
Discomfit :: Discomfit (a.) Discomfited; overthrown.
Overthrowing :: Overthrowing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overthro.
Supplantation :: Supplant (n.) To overthrow, undermine, or force away, in order to get a substitute in place of..
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..
Profligate :: Profligate (a.) Overthrown; beaten; conquered.
Defeat :: Defeat (v.) An overthrow, as of an army in battle; loss of a battle; repulse suffered; discomfiture; -- opposed to victory..
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..
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