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Synonyms for overthrow

Grammar : Verb
Spell : verb oh-ver-throh; noun oh-ver-throh
Phonetic Transcription : verb ˌoʊ vərˈθroʊ; noun ˈoʊ vərˌθroʊ

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Définition of overthrow

Origin :
  • early 14c., "to knock down," from over- + throw (v.). Figurative sense of "to cast down from power, defeat" is attested from late 14c. Related: Overthrown; overthrowing. Earlier in same senses was overwerpen "to overturn (something), overthrow; destroy," from Old English oferweorpan (see warp (v.)).
  • verb defeat, destroy
Example sentences :
  • From the very beginning of the session their overthrow was imminent.
  • Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
  • To all who hated Church and King, and planned their overthrow.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
  • Active, prayerful, unwearied exertion is needed for its overthrow.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume VII (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier
  • Yet this vanity may be a mean, perhaps, to overthrow me with this sagacious lady.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 3 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • With the overthrow of Lip-lip, White Fang could have become leader of the pack.
  • Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London
  • There was nothing left to do but to return to the Heavens and admit their overthrow.
  • Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various
  • Let us not be in haste to overthrow the usurped powers of the world.
  • Extract from : « Shelley, Godwin and Their Circle » by H. N. Brailsford
  • He was aware that so restless a people, when they had overthrown the monarchy, would not limit the overthrow to their own country.
  • Extract from : « The Secret Memoirs of Louis XV./XVI, Complete » by Madame du Hausset, an "Unknown English Girl" and the Princess Lamballe
  • If Austria-Hungary fell, the overthrow of Germany might have been threatened.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume II (of VIII) » by Various
  • Crusaders of old endeavored to overthrow evil by “force and arms.”
  • Extract from : « Almost A Man » by Mary Wood-Allen

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