Overthrown

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

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


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     2. To cause to fall or to fail; to subvert; to defeat; to
        make a ruin of; to destroy; as, to overthrow a government.
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              When the walls of Thebes he overthrew. --Dryden.
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              [Gloucester] that seeks to overthrow religion.
                                                    --Shak.
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     3. (Baseball) To throw (a baseball) beyond; to throw too high
        and too far; to overshoot[1]; as, the shortstop overthrew
        the first baseman.
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     Syn: To demolish; overturn; prostrate; destroy; ruin;
          subvert; overcome; conquer; defeat; discomfit; vanquish;
          beat; rout.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  overthrow
       n 1: the termination of a ruler or institution (especially by
            force)
       2: the act of disturbing the mind or body; "his carelessness
          could have caused an ecological upset"; "she was
          unprepared for this sudden overthrow of their normal way
          of living" [syn: {upset}, {derangement}]
       v 1: cause the downfall of; of rulers; "The Czar was overthrown";
            "subvert the ruling class" [syn: {subvert}, {overturn},
            {bring down}]
       2: rule against; "The Republicans were overruled when the House
          voted on the bill" [syn: {overrule}, {overturn}, {override},
           {reverse}]
       [also: {overthrown}, {overthrew}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  overthrown
       See {overthrow}

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  82 Moby Thesaurus words for "overthrown":
     all up with, ausgespielt, bankrupt, beat, beaten, belied, bested,
     blasted, blighted, broken, confounded, confuted, defeated,
     deflated, denied, desolated, destroyed, devastated, discarded,
     discomfited, discredited, dismissed, disproved, disputed, done for,
     done in, down, down-and-out, exploded, exposed, fallen, finished,
     fixed, floored, gone to pot, hors de combat, impugned, in ruins,
     invalidated, irremediable, kaput, lambasted, lathered, licked,
     negated, negatived, on the skids, outdone, overborne, overcome,
     overmastered, overmatched, overpowered, overridden, overturned,
     overwhelmed, panicked, punctured, put to rout, ravaged, refuted,
     rejected, routed, ruined, ruinous, scattered, settled, shown up,
     silenced, skinned, skinned alive, spoiled, stampeded, trimmed,
     trounced, undone, upset, wasted, whelmed, whipped, worsted,
     wrecked