All overthrow synonyms
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O o verb overthrow
- give the lie to β a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification. Antonyms: truth.
- boot out β If someone boots you out of a job, organization, or place, you are forced to leave it.
- counter-checking β a check that opposes or restrains.
- disprove β to prove (an assertion, claim, etc.) to be false or wrong; refute; invalidate: I disproved his claim.
- larrup β to beat or thrash.
- nixing β nothing.
- watergate β a White House political scandal that came to light during the 1972 presidential campaign, growing out of a break-in at the Democratic Party headquarters at the Watergate apartment-office complex in Washington, D.C., and, after congressional hearings, culminating in the resignation of President Nixon in 1974.
- kick around β to strike with the foot or feet: to kick the ball; to kick someone in the shins.
- make waves β a disturbance on the surface of a liquid body, as the sea or a lake, in the form of a moving ridge or swell.
- burking β to murder, as by suffocation, so as to leave no or few marks of violence.
- counterpoised β a counterbalancing weight.
- lay low β situated, placed, or occurring not far above the ground, floor, or base: a low shelf.
- beat down β When the sun beats down, it is very hot and bright.
- weeds β a valueless plant growing wild, especially one that grows on cultivated ground to the exclusion or injury of the desired crop.
- despotize β To behave like a despot.
- depose β If a ruler or political leader is deposed, they are forced to give up their position.
- dethrone β If a king, queen, or other powerful person is dethroned, they are removed from their position of power.
- dig up β to break up, turn over, or remove earth, sand, etc., as with a shovel, spade, bulldozer, or claw; make an excavation.
- abolish β If someone in authority abolishes a system or practice, they formally put an end to it.
- forayed β a quick, sudden attack: The defenders made a foray outside the walls.
- dissolve β to make a solution of, as by mixing with a liquid; pass into solution: to dissolve salt in water.
- blow down β to open a valve in a steam boiler to eject any sediment that has collected
- beggared β a person who begs alms or lives by begging.
- larruping β very; exceedingly: That was a larruping good meal.
- disconfirming β Not confirming.
- discrown β to deprive of a crown; dethrone; depose.
- worsted β that which is worst.
- cast down β If someone is cast down by something, they are sad or worried because of it.
noun overthrow
- clean sweep β an overwhelming victory
- liquefaction β the act or process of liquefying or making liquid.
- grand slam β Bridge. the winning of all thirteen tricks of a deal. Compare little slam.
- failure β an act or instance of failing or proving unsuccessful; lack of success: His effort ended in failure. The campaign was a failure.
- devolution β Devolution is the transfer of some authority or power from a central organization or government to smaller organizations or government departments.
- dissolution β the act or process of resolving or dissolving into parts or elements.
- queasiness β The state of being queasy; nausea.
- defunction β the act of dying; death
- conquest β Conquest is the act of conquering a country or group of people.
- nullification β an act or instance of nullifying.
- fall β to come or drop down suddenly to a lower position, especially to leave a standing or erect position suddenly, whether voluntarily or not: to fall on one's knees.
- landslide β the downward falling or sliding of a mass of soil, detritus, or rock on or from a steep slope.
- bullseye β the circular spot, usually black or outlined in black, at the center of a target marked with concentric circles and used in target practice.
- nonsuccess β Absence of success; failure.
- lead balloon β a total failure
- blue ruin β (Slang) (now archaic) Low-end gin, usually home-made.
- implosion β the act of imploding; a bursting inward (opposed to explosion).
- deposition β A deposition is a formal written statement, made for example by a witness to a crime, which can be used in a court of law if the witness cannot be present.
- death β Death is the permanent end of the life of a person or animal.
- disconcertion β to disturb the self-possession of; perturb; ruffle: Her angry reply disconcerted me completely.
- disbandment β to break up or dissolve (an organization): They disbanded the corporation.
- independent β not influenced or controlled by others in matters of opinion, conduct, etc.; thinking or acting for oneself: an independent thinker.