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overturn verb

• tip (something) over so that it is on its side or upside down.
• "the crowd proceeded to overturn cars and set them on fire"
• abolish, invalidate, or reverse (a previous system, decision, situation, etc.).
• "the results overturned previous findings"
Similar: cancel, reverse, rescind, repeal, revoke, retract, countermand, withdraw, take back, rule against, disallow, override, overrule, veto, set aside, quash, overthrow, repudiate, recant, annul, nullify, declare null and void, invalidate, negate, void, abrogate, vacate, recall,
Opposite: allow, accept,

overturn noun

• an act of overturning something.


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