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o⋅ver⋅throw

  [v. oh-ver-throh; n. oh-ver-throh] verb, -threw, -thrown, -throw⋅ing, noun
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–verb (used with object)
1. to depose, as from a position of power; overcome, defeat, or vanquish: to overthrow a tyrant.
2. to put an end to by force, as a government or institution.
3. to throw or knock down; overturn; topple: The heavy winds overthrew numerous telephone poles and trees.
4. to knock down and demolish.
5. to throw (something) too far.
6. Baseball. (of a pitcher) to throw too hard, often affecting control or straining the arm.
7. Archaic. to destroy the sound condition of (the mind).
–verb (used without object)
8. to throw too far: If I hadn't overthrown, it would have been a sure putout.
–noun
9. the act of overthrowing; state or condition of being overthrown.
10. deposition from power.
11. defeat; destruction; ruin.
Origin:
1300–50; ME; see over-, throw

Related forms:
o⋅ver⋅throw⋅er, noun

Synonyms:
1. conquer, overpower. 4. destroy, raze, level. 11. fall.
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o·ver·throw   (ō'vər-thrō')   
tr.v.   o·ver·threw (-thrōō'), o·ver·thrown (-thrōn'), o·ver·throw·ing, o·ver·throws
  1. To throw over; overturn.
  2. To bring about the downfall or destruction of, especially by force or concerted action: a plot to overthrow the government.
  3. Sports To throw an object over and beyond (an intended mark): The infielder overthrew first base.
n.   (ō'vər-thrō')
  1. An instance of overthrowing, especially one that results in downfall or destruction.
  2. Sports The throwing of a ball over and beyond a target, especially in baseball.
Synonyms: These verbs mean to cause the downfall, destruction, abolition, or undoing of: overthrow an empire; overturn existing institutions; subverting civil order; toppled the government; upset all our plans.
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Overthrow

O`ver*throw"\, v. t. [imp. Overthrew; p. p. Overthrown; p. pr. & vb. n. Overthrowing.]

1. To throw over; to overturn; to upset; to turn upside down.

His wife overthrew the table. --Jer. Taylor.

2. To cause to fall or to fail; to subvert; to defeat; to make a ruin of; to destroy.

When the walls of Thebes he overthrew. --Dryden.

[Gloucester] that seeks to overthrow religion. --Shak.

Syn: To demolish; overturn; prostrate; destroy; ruin; subvert; overcome; conquer; defeat; discomfit; vanquish; beat; rout.

Overthrow

O"ver*throw`\, n. 1. The act of overthrowing; the state of being overthrow; ruin.

Your sudden overthrow much rueth me. --Spenser.

2. (a) (Baseball) The act of throwing a ball too high, as over a player's head. (b) (Cricket) A faulty return of the ball by a fielder, so that the striker makes an additional run.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : overthrow
Spanish: derrocar, derribar,
German: umstürzen,
Japanese: ひっくり返す
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overthrow  (v.)
c.1330, "to knock down," from over + throw (q.v.). Fig. sense of "to cast down from power, defeat" is attested from c.1374.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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