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| Main Entry: | overthrow |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | defeat, destroy |
| Synonyms: | abolish, beat, bring down, bring to ruin, conquer, crush, demolish, depose, dethrone, do away with, eradicate, exterminate, knock down, knock over, level, liquidate, oust, overcome, overpower, overrun, overturn, overwhelm, purge, put an end to, raze, ruin, subdue, subjugate, subvert, terminate, tip, topple, tumble, unseat, upend, upset, vanquish |
| Antonyms: | give in, surrender, yield |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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| Main Entry: | overturn |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | To turn or cause to turn from a vertical or horizontal position. |
| Synonyms: | capsize, knock over, topple, turn over, upset |
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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| Main Entry: | overthrow |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | To bring about the downfall of. |
| Synonyms: | bring down, overturn, subvert, topple, tumble, unhorse |
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
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| Main Entry: | defeat |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | The act of defeating or the condition of being defeated. |
| Synonyms: | beating, drubbing, rout, thrashing, vanquishment |
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
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| Main Entry: | overthrow |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Synonyms: | bouleversement, debacle, defeasance, defeat, demolition, labefaction, overthrowing, prostration, reversal, subversion, undoing |
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| Main Entry: | overthrow |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Synonyms: | confound, conquer, defeat, demolish, depose, destroy, destruction, dethrone, discomfit, dislodge, dismiss, downfall, exterminate, fell, foil, oust, overcome, overpower, overturn, overwhelm, prostrate, raze, rebellion, remove, rout, ruin, subjugate, subvert, topple, tumble, undermine, unhorse, unseat, upset, vanquish, worst |
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