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overthrow
[oh-ver-throh, oh-ver-throh]
verb (used with object)
to depose, as from a position of power; overcome, defeat, or vanquish.
to overthrow a tyrant.
Synonyms: ,to put an end to by force, as a government or institution.
to throw or knock down; overturn; topple.
The heavy winds overthrew numerous telephone poles and trees.
to knock down and demolish.
Synonyms: , ,to throw (something) too far.
Baseball.Ìý(of a pitcher) to throw too hard, often affecting control or straining the arm.
Archaic.Ìýto destroy the sound condition of (the mind).
verb (used without object)
to throw too far.
If I hadn't overthrown, it would have been a sure putout.
noun
the act of overthrowing; state or condition of being overthrown.
deposition from power.
defeat; destruction; ruin.
Synonyms:
overthrow
verb
(tr) to effect the downfall or destruction of (a ruler, institution, etc), esp by force
(tr) to throw or turn over
(tr) to throw (something, esp a ball) too far
noun
an act of overthrowing
downfall; destruction
cricket
a ball thrown back too far by a fielder
a run scored because of this
Other 51³Ô¹Ï Forms
- overthrower noun
- preoverthrow verb (used with object)
- unoverthrown adjective
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of overthrow1
Example Sentences
“It’s hard to imagine that whatever we see over the weekend is going to be an organized, armed attempt to overthrow the government,†Goitein said.
For example, the Iranian former crown prince Reza Pahlavi, the son of Iran's former Shah, who was overthrown in the country's 1979 Islamic revolution.
Libya's Colonel Gaddafi gave up his Weapons of Mass Destruction programme in 2003; eight years later he was dead in a ditch, overthrown by the Arab Spring protests that were backed by Western air power.
He was formally convicted of seditious conspiracy, a rarely used charge of planning to overthrow the government, and multiple other counts.
At one stage an overthrow gave away five leg byes and even the numbers on the back of the tourists' iconic maroon shirts and jumpers were a random mix of yellow and blue.
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