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Synonyms for overthrow
ˌoʊ vərˈθroʊ; ˈoʊ vərˌθroʊover·throw
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
overthrow
Abolish, to do away with, bring absolutely to an end, especially as something hostile, hindering, or harmful, was formerly used of persons and material objects, a usage now obsolete except in poetry or highly figurative speech. Abolish is now used of institutions, customs, and conditions, especially those wide-spread and long existing; as, to abolish slavery, ignorance, intemperance, poverty. A building that is burned to the ground is said to be destroyed by fire. Annihilate, as a philosophical term, signifies to put absolutely out of existence. As far as our knowledge goes, matter is never annihilated, but only changes its form. Some believe that the wicked will be annihilated. Abolish is not said of laws. There we use repeal, abrogate, nullify, etc.: repeal by the enacting body, nullify by revolutionary proceedings; a later statute abrogates, without formally repealing, any earlier law with which it conflicts. An appellate court may reverse or set aside the decision of an inferior court. Overthrow may be used in either a good or a bad sense; suppress is commonly in a good, subvert always in a bad sense; as, to subvert our liberties; to suppress a rebellion. The law prohibits what may never have existed; it abolishes an existing evil. We abate a nuisance, terminate a controversy. Compare CANCEL; DEMOLISH; EXTERMINATE.
Synonyms:
abate, abolish, abrogate, annihilate, annul, destroy, end, end, eradicate, exterminate, extirpate, nullify, obliterate, prohibit, remove, repeal, reverse, revoke, set aside, stamp out, subvert, supplant, suppress, terminateAntonyms:
authorize, cherish, confirm, continue, enact, establish, institute, introduce, legalize, promote, reinstate, renew, repair, restore, revive, set up, support, sustain
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
Princeton's WordNet
overthrownoun
the termination of a ruler or institution (especially by force)
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upset, derangementupset, derangement, overthrowverb
the act of disturbing the mind or body
"his carelessness could have caused an ecological upset"; "she was unprepared for this sudden overthrow of their normal way of living"
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disturbance, disorder, mental unsoundness, perturbation, overturn, derangement, turnover, swage, unbalance, upsetoverthrow, subvert, overturn, bring downverb
cause the downfall of; of rulers
"The Czar was overthrown"; "subvert the ruling class"
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weaken, land, bowl over, bring down, vacate, cut, annul, trim down, overturn, lower, demoralise, misdirect, overrule, get down, debase, pervert, demoralize, lift, trim back, trim, counteract, profane, rescind, cut down, tump over, put down, reduce, sabotage, let down, override, subvert, vitiate, repeal, take down, deprave, revolutionize, cut back, tip over, impose, inflict, undermine, upset, turn over, reverse, countermand, revoke, revolutionise, knock over, countermine, visit, debauch, corruptoverrule, overturn, override, overthrow, reverseverb
rule against
"The Republicans were overruled when the House voted on the bill"
Synonyms:
turn, bring down, tip over, change by reversal, bowl over, upset, turn over, lift, vacate, annul, countermand, subvert, rescind, reverse, invert, revoke, revolutionise, overrule, knock over, revolutionize, override, overturn, tump over, repeal, turn back
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Editors Contribution
unseat
to unseat a king from its thrown
to unseat a king from its thrown
Submitted by rinat on August 11, 2019
Dictionary of English Synonymes
overthrowverb
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overturn, upset, overset, subvert, prostrate, level, fell, throw down, beat downoverthrowverb
overthrowverb
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vanquish, conquer, defeat, worst, overcome, master, overpower, overbear, overwhelm, subjugate, crush, discomfit, beat, rout, foiloverthrownoun
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subversion, prostrationoverthrownoun
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destruction, demolition, ruin, shipwreckoverthrownoun
Synonyms:
defeat, discomfiture, rout
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
overthrownoun
Synonyms:
overthrowing, demolition, subversion, undoing, reversal, prostration, defeat, bouleversementoverthrowverb
Synonyms:
upset, overturn, demolish, prostrate, subvert, defeat, vanquish, rout, overpower, overcome, subjugate, raze, worst
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How to use overthrow in a sentence?
The vast majority of people are not rising up trying to overthrow the country. It’s not the proletariat, rising up, overthrowing the Bourgeoisie. And it never is, whether it's Cuba or North Korea or China or Russia or any of those so-called revolutions, these are Marxist efforts by a smaller percentage of society to control a larger percentage of society, these are not peasant revolutions.
The government has just foiled an evil attempt at detribalization. The objective of these individuals, motivated by I don't know what, was to overthrow the democratically elected power, they envisaged using aerial firepower and they have for some weeks deliberately blocked (those military assets) in Niamey that I was pressing them to send to Diffa to the front for the struggle against Boko Haram.
Abbie Hoffman, In response to the success of his book; Steal this Book:
Its embarrassing, you try to overthrow the government and you wind up on a Best Sellers List.
Virginia Thomas’s involvement in the attempt to overthrow the 2020 presidential election, and the subsequent efforts by Justice Thomas to cover up his wife’s actions, have rendered the associate justice ethically compromised and thus unfit to be a neutral arbiter of justice.
John Donne, Death Be Not Proud:
Death be not proud, though some have called theeMighty and dreadfull, for thou art not so,For, those, whom thou thinkst, thou dost overthrow, die not, poor death, nor yet canst thou kill me.
Translations for overthrow
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- أطاحArabic
- Umsturz, umstürzen, stürzenGerman
- ανατρέπω, ανατροπήGreek
- faligiEsperanto
- deposición, derrocar, derrocamiento, derribarSpanish
- برانداختن, سرنگون کردنPersian
- kaataaFinnish
- déposer, renverserFrench
- megdöntHungarian
- տապալել, կործանել, տապալումArmenian
- kudetaIndonesian
- deporre, rovesciareItalian
- 転覆, 滅ぼすJapanese
- taupokiMāori
- omverwerpenDutch
- obalaćPolish
- derrocarPortuguese
- свержение, свергнуть, свергатьRussian
- svrgnuti, prevrat, svrgnuće, srušitiSerbo-Croatian
- störtaSwedish
- معزول کرناUrdu
- stårerWalloon
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