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overthrow verb

• remove forcibly from power.
• "military coups which had attempted to overthrow the King"
Similar: remove (from office/power), bring down, bring about the downfall of, topple, bring low, undo, depose, oust, displace, supplant, unseat, subvert, dethrone, disestablish, dissolve, defenestrate, put an end to, defeat, conquer, break up, annihilate,
• throw (a ball) further than the intended distance.
• "he grips the ball too tight and overthrows it"

overthrow noun

• a removal from power.
Similar: removal (from office/power), downfall, fall, collapse, toppling, undoing, deposition, ousting, displacement, supplanting, unseating, subversion, dethronement, disestablishment, dissolution, defenestration, ending, defeat, rout, demise, break-up, annihilation,
• (in cricket, baseball, and other games) a throw which sends a ball past its intended recipient or target.
• a panel of decorated wrought-iron work above an arch or gateway.


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