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Main Entry:	overthrow
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	defeat, destroy
Synonyms:	abolish, beat, bring down, conquer, crush, demolish, depose, dethrone, do away with, eradicate, exterminate, level, liquidate, oust, overcome, overpower, overrun, overturn, overwhelm, purge, raze, ruin, subdue, subjugate, subvert, terminate, tip, topple, tumble, unseat, upset, vanquish, bring to ruin, knock down, knock over, put an end to, upend
Antonyms:	give in, surrender, yield

Main Entry:	abolish
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	do away with or put an end to
Synonyms:	abate, abrogate, annihilate, annul, call off, cancel, destroy, dissolve, end, eradicate, erase, expunge, extinguish, extirpate, finish, inhibit, invalidate, kill, negate, nix, nullify, obliterate, overthrow, overturn, prohibit, quash, repeal, repudiate, rescind, revoke, scrub, squelch, stamp out, subvert, supersede, suppress, terminate, undo, vacate, vitiate, void, wipe out, zap, disestablish, put an end to, put kibosh on, put the kibosh on, set aside
Antonyms:	confirm, continue, enact, establish, institute, legalize, promote, ratify, support, uphold

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Main Entry:	abolition
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	formal act of putting an end to, annulling
Synonyms:	abrogation, annulment, cancellation, destruction, dissolution, elimination, end, ending, eradication, extirpation, negation, overthrow, repeal, repudiation, revocation, subversion, suppression, termination, withdrawal, abolishment, annihilation, invalidation, nullification, obliteration, overturning, quashing, rescinding, rescindment, rescission, voiding, wiping out
Antonyms:	confirmation, establishment, establishment, institution, promotion, legalization

Main Entry:	bring down
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	reduce or hurt
Synonyms:	abase, cut down, damage, drop, fell, floor, injure, level, lower, murder, overthrow, overturn, prostrate, pull down, slay, tumble, undermine, upset, wound, KO, knock down, lay low, mow down, shoot down, throw down
Antonyms:	aid, encourage, help, raise

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Main Entry:	confute
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	disprove, refute
Synonyms:	break, confound, contradict, controvert, defeat, demolish, dismay, disprove, expose, invalidate, negate, oppugn, overcome, overthrow, overturn, overwhelm, parry, put down, rebut, shut up, silence, subvert, tap, upset, vanquish, blow sky high, bring to naught, knocks props out from under, prove false, prove wrong, set aside
Notes:	refute means 'to show conclusively to be false or illogical' and applies primarily to assertions or arguments; confute means 'to prove wrong' and applies primarily to the person or agency making the assertion or argument
Antonyms:	affirm, attest, confirm, endorse, prove, verify

Main Entry:	coup
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	achievement, often by maneuver
Synonyms:	accomplishment, action, coup d'état, coup de mâitre, deed, exploit, feat, overthrow, plot, revolution, stratagem, stroke, stroke of genius, stunt, successful stroke, tour de force, upset

Main Entry:	coup d'état
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	violent seizure
Synonyms:	coup, overthrow, power play*, rebellion, revolt, revolution, palace revolution, putsch, takeover

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Main Entry:	debacle
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	catastrophe
Synonyms:	beating, breakdown, collapse, crash, defeat, devastation, disaster, dissolution, downfall, failure, fiasco, havoc, overthrow, reversal, rout, ruin, smash, smashup, washout, wreck, blue ruin, crack-up, defeasance, drubbing, licking, ruination, shellacking, trouncing, vanquishment
Antonyms:	boon, miracle, wonder

Main Entry:	demolish
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	destroy; consume
Synonyms:	annihilate, break, bulldoze, burst, crack, crush, decimate, defeat, devastate, devour, dismantle, eat, flatten, level, obliterate, overthrow, overturn, pulverize, put away, raze, ruin, sink, smash, tear down, total, trash, undo, wax, wrack, wreck, dilapidate, gobble up, knock down, put in toilet, take apart, take out, torpedo, wipe off map
Antonyms:	build, construct, fix, produce, rebuild, repair, restore

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Main Entry:	depose
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	oust from position
Synonyms:	bounce, break, can, cashier, chuck, degrade, demote, dethrone, dismiss, displace, downgrade, eject, impeach, kick out, overthrow, send packing*, subvert, throw out, unseat, upset, boot out, discrown, drum out, freeze out, give heave-ho, remove from office, ride out on rail, run out of town, throw out on ear, uncrown, unfrock, unmake

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Main Entry:	destruction
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	demolition, devastation
Synonyms:	abolition, bane, carnage, downfall, elimination, end, eradication, extinction, extirpation, havoc, loss, massacre, murder, overthrow, ruin, slaughter, subversion, undoing, wreckage, wrecking, abolishing, annihilation, assassinating, crashing, crushing, disintegrating, disrupting, dissolving, extermination, extinguishing, invalidating, invalidation, liquidation, ravaging, ruination, sacking, shattering, slaying, subjugation, subverting
Antonyms:	building, construction, creation, improvement, reparation, restoration

Main Entry:	discomfiture
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	embarrassment, frustration
Synonyms:	agitation, beating, chagrin, comedown, confusion, conquest, defeat, demoralization, descent, disappointment, disquiet, failure, humiliation, overthrow, perturbation, rout, ruin, shame, undoing, uneasiness, upset, vexation, abashment, defeasance, discomposure, disconcertion, disconcertment, unease, vanquishment
Antonyms:	surrender, yielding

Main Entry:	disprove
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	prove false
Synonyms:	belie, blow up, break, confound, confute, contradict, contravene, controvert, deny, discredit, explode, expose, impugn, invalidate, negate, negative, overthrow, overturn, puncture, rebut, refute, shoot, tear down, throw out, traverse, weaken, blow sky high, disconfirm, find unfounded, knock bottom out of, knock props out, poke holes in, set aside, shoot holes in
Antonyms:	credit, prove, validate

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Main Entry:	downfall
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	disgrace, ruin
Synonyms:	atrophy, bane, breakdown, cloudburst, collapse, comedown, comeuppance, debacle, decadence, degeneracy, deluge, descent, destruction, deterioration, discomfiture, down, drop, failure, fall, flood, overthrow, rack and ruin, storm, undoing, declension, degeneration, devolution, on the rocks, road to ruin, ruination, the skids
Antonyms:	accomplishment, ascent, rise, success

Main Entry:	floor
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	perplex, confound
Synonyms:	baffle, beat, bewilder, bowl over, bring down, conquer, defeat, discomfit, disconcert, down, drop, dumbfound, fell, flatten, ground, level, nonplus, overthrow, prostrate, puzzle, stump, throw, bring up short, knock down, lay low*
Antonyms:	clear up, explain

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Main Entry:	invalidate
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	render null and void
Synonyms:	abate, abolish, abrogate, annihilate, annul, cancel, counteract, counterbalance, discredit, disqualify, impair, negate, negative, neutralize, nix, nullify, offset, overrule, overthrow, quash, refute, revoke, undermine, undo, unfit, weaken, X-out, blow sky-high, circumduct, disannul, shoot full of holes
Antonyms:	approve, permit, validate

Main Entry:	oppress
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	depress, subdue
Synonyms:	abuse, afflict, aggrieve, annoy, burden, crush, dishearten, distress, encumber, force, handicap, harass, harry, hound, maltreat, outrage, overcome, overload, overpower, overthrow, overwhelm, persecute, pick on, plague, press, prey on, put down, ride, rule, sadden, saddle, smother, strain, subjugate, suppress, tax, torment, torture, trample, trouble, vex, worry, wrong, beat down*, despotize, dispirit, keep down, put screws to, put the squeeze on, put upon, tyrranize, weigh heavy upon
Antonyms:	aid, boost, delight, gladden, help, make happy

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Main Entry:	ouster
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	ejection
Synonyms:	banishment, discharge, dismissal, eviction, expulsion, overthrow, removal, sack, disbarment, loss of right, the heave-ho

Main Entry:	overcome
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	beat, defeat
Synonyms:	best, conquer, crush, down, drown, hurdle, lick, master, outlive, overpower, overthrow, overwhelm, prevail, prostrate, reduce, render, shock, stun, subdue, subjugate, surmount, survive, throw, vanquish, weather, win, worst, be victorious, come out on top, get around, get the better of, knock over, knock socks off, rise above, triumph over, whelm
Antonyms:	give in, surrender, yield

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Main Entry:	overpower
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	beat; get the upper hand
Synonyms:	bear down, blank, bulldoze, bury, clobber, conquer, cream, crush, defeat, drown, drub, knock out, murder, overcome, overthrow, overwhelm, prostrate, put away, quell, reduce, rout, smash, subdue, subjugate, swamp, total, trash, trounce, vanquish, waste, wax, beat down, blow away, immobilize, lay one out, roll over, shellack, shut off, take care of, take out, torpedo*, whelm
Antonyms:	surrender, yield