Synonyms for overturn
ˌoʊ vərˈtɜrn; ˈoʊ vərˌtɜrnover·turn

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1. overturn

   A building, monument, or other structure is demolished when reduced to a shapeless mass; it is razed when leveled with the ground; it is destroyed when its structural unity is gone, whether or not its component parts remain. An edifice is destroyed by fire or earthquake; it is demolished by bombardment; it is ruined when, by violence or neglect, it has become unfit for human habitation. Compare ABOLISH; BREAK.

   Synonyms:
   demolish, destroy, overthrow, raze, ruin

   Antonyms:
   build, construct, create, make, repair, restore

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1. upset, overturn, turnovernoun

   the act of upsetting something

   "he was badly bruised by the upset of his sled at a high speed"

   Synonyms:
   disturbance, disorder, employee turnover, perturbation, dollar volume, derangement, turnover, overthrow, turnover rate, swage, upset

2. overturn, upsetverb

   an improbable and unexpected victory

   "the biggest upset since David beat Goliath"

   Synonyms:
   disorder, perturbation, derangement, swage, turnover, overthrow, disturbance, upset

3. overturn, turn over, tip over, tump oververb

   turn from an upright or normal position

   "The big vase overturned"; "The canoe tumped over"

   Synonyms:
   turn, bowl over, bring down, dig, overthrow, vacate, flip, pass, pass on, annul, debate, overrule, reach, roll, lift, rescind, tump over, moot, give, deliberate, override, subvert, repeal, delve, revolutionize, tip over, upset, flip over, turn over, reverse, revoke, consider, revolutionise, knock over, countermand, hand, cut into

4. overturn, tip over, turn over, upset, knock over, bowl over, tump oververb

   cause to overturn from an upright or normal position

   "The cat knocked over the flower vase"; "the clumsy customer turned over the vase"; "he tumped over his beer"

   Synonyms:
   discomfit, turn, bowl over, bring down, dig, overthrow, vacate, flip, pass, pass on, annul, debate, overrule, reach, boggle, roll, lift, rescind, swage, tump over, moot, flabbergast, give, deliberate, override, subvert, repeal, delve, revolutionize, discompose, tip over, trouble, upset, flip over, turn over, reverse, untune, revoke, disconcert, consider, revolutionise, knock over, disturb, countermand, hand, cut into

5. overrule, 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, overthrow, countermand, subvert, rescind, reverse, invert, revoke, revolutionise, overrule, knock over, revolutionize, override, tump over, repeal, turn back

6. overthrow, subvert, overturn, bring downverb

   cause the downfall of; of rulers

   "The Czar was overthrown"; "subvert the ruling class"

   Synonyms:
   weaken, land, bowl over, bring down, overthrow, vacate, cut, annul, trim down, 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, corrupt

7. revoke, annul, lift, countermand, reverse, repeal, overturn, rescind, vacateverb

   cancel officially

   "He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an embargo"; "vacate a death sentence"

   Synonyms:
   nullify, cabbage, revolutionise, hook, bring down, rise, wind, avoid, quash, hoist, annul, elevate, uprise, resign, empty, abandon, overrule, lift, turn over, nobble, go up, pinch, overthrow, plagiarize, arise, invert, abstract, rescind, bowl over, come up, turn back, bring up, plagiarise, pilfer, filch, change by reversal, give up, purloin, snarf, subvert, repeal, invalidate, override, raise, revolutionize, renounce, sneak, tip over, get up, upset, move up, swipe, reverse, airlift, revoke, rear, tump over, turn, face-lift, knock over, vacate, rustle, void, countermand

8. revolutionize, revolutionise, overturnverb

   change radically

   "E-mail revolutionized communication in academe"

   Synonyms:
   bring down, tip over, upset, turn over, lift, vacate, bowl over, overthrow, countermand, subvert, rescind, reverse, annul, revoke, overrule, revolutionise, revolutionize, knock over, override, inspire, tump over, repeal

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1. • Cancel
   • Change
   • Depose
   • Inversion
   • Rule

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1. overturnverb

   Synonyms:
   OVERTHROW

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1. List of paraphrases for "overturn":

   overthrow, reverse, subvert, topple, annul, cancel, revoke, invalidate, scupper, overrule, nullify

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1. Eight Republicans:

   Donald Trump persisted, attempting through every manner Steve Bannon could imagine to try to overturn the outcome of the election. And we all saw what happened, the people who attacked this building have told us, on video, on social media and now before the federal courts, exactly what motivated them. They believed what Donald Trump told them : that the election was stolen and they needed to take action.

2. Mike Pence:

   We are asking the court in no uncertain terms to make history, we are asking the Supreme Court of the United States to overturn Roe v. Wade and restore the sanctity of life to the center of American law.

3. Tammy Baldwin:

   The stakes are too high for the American people, who do not want Supreme Court to advance a political agenda to overturn the law of the land on health care for people with pre-existing conditions, women's reproductive health, and the constitutional rights and freedoms of all Americans.

4. Steve Vladeck:

   Today's decision is another victory for religious groups, but not the major one that they sought, the court's three most conservative justices wanted to overturn three decades of precedent and subject virtually all government regulations that even incidentally impact religious practice to the most exacting judicial scrutiny. But Chief Justice Roberts and Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Barrett appeared unwilling, or at least not yet ready, to make such a move -- resting the decision on narrower grounds.

5. Douglas Jehl:

   It's these senior leaders who have the power to pardon, the power to overturn a verdict, the power to make things right.