overthrow
[verb]
Synonyms:
- defeat, bring down, conquer, depose, dethrone, oust, overcome, overpower, topple, unseat, vanquish
[noun]
Synonyms:
- downfall, defeat, destruction, dethronement, fall, ousting, undoing, unseating

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Contrasted words: create, establish, found, set up
Related Words: depose, dethrone, oust, remove, unseat, liquidate, purge, conquer, defeat, destroy, ruin

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

I. o‧ver‧throw¹ /ˌəʊvəˈθrəʊ $ ˌoʊvərˈθroʊ/ verb (past tense overthrew /-ˈθruː/, past participle overthrown /-ˈθrəʊn $ -ˈθroʊn/) [transitive]

1. to remove a leader or government from power, especially by force Synonym : oust:
Rebels were already making plans to overthrow the government.

2. to get rid of the rules, ideas, or systems of a society

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

II. o‧ver‧throw² /ˈəʊvəθrəʊ $ ˈoʊvərθroʊ/ noun [uncountable]
the defeat and removal from power of a leader or government, especially by force
overthrow of
The organization was dedicated to the overthrow of capitalism.
the overthrow of Mussolini

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

overthrow
noun
ADJ. attempted | violent
VERB + OVERTHROW bring about, lead to | plot
PREP. ~ of to bring about the overthrow of the military dictatorship

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