Overthrow

Verb

 * 1)  To throw down to the ground, to overturn.
 * 2) * 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, John II:
 * And he made a scourge of smale cordes, and drave them all out off the temple, bothe shepe and oxen, and powred doune the changers money, and overthrue their tables.
 * 1)  To bring about the downfall of (a government, etc.), especially by force.
 * I hate the current government, but not enough to want to overthrow them.

Noun

 * 1) A removal, especially of a ruler or government, by force or threat of force.

Hypernyms

 * downfall

Coordinate terms

 * collapse

Verb

 * 1)  To throw (something) so that it goes too far.

Noun

 * 1)  A throw that goes too far.
 * He overthrew first base, for an error.
 * 1)  A run scored by the batting side when a fielder throws the ball back to the infield, whence it continues to the opposite outfield.

Adverbs for Overthrow
decisively; victoriously; illegally; brutally; vindictively; petulantly; mutinously; unrestrainedly; tempestuously; seditiously; passionately ; diabolically.

Thesaurus
Waterloo, about-face, accommodate, accommodation, adapt, adaptation, adjust, adjustment, alter, alteration, ameliorate, amelioration, answer, answer conclusively, apoplexy, apostasy, argue down, arise, beat, beating, best, better, betterment, bloodless revolution, bouleversement, break, break up, breakdown, breakup, bring down, bust, capsizal, capsize, careen, cashier, cashiering, cataclysm, catastrophe, change, change of heart, changeableness, clean slate, clean sweep, climax, collapse, complete answer, computer revolution, confound, confounding, confutation, confute, conquer, conquering, conquest, constructive change, continuity, contradict, contradiction, controversion, controvert, conversion, convert, convulsion, counterrevolution, crash, crush, crushing, culbute, culbuter, deathblow, debacle, deck, deconsecrate, deconsecration, defeasance, defeat, defection, deform, defrock, defrocking, degeneration, degenerative change, demolish, demolition, denature, denial, deny, deposal, depose, deposing, deposition, deprivation, destroy, destruction, deterioration, dethrone, dethronement, deviation, diastrophism, difference, disaster, disbar, disbarment, disbarring, discontinuity, discrediting, discrown, discrownment, disenthrone, disenthronement, dismiss, dismissal, displace, displacement, dispose of, divergence, diversification, diversify, diversion, diversity, downcast, downfall, downthrow, drubbing, drum out, effective rejoinder, end, excommunicate, excommunication, expel, expulsion, failure, fall, finish, firing, fit, fitting, flip-flop, floor, forced resignation, give the gate, gradual change, hiding, honeycomb, impeachment, improve, improvement, insurge, insurrect, keel over, kick upstairs, kicking upstairs, knock over, lambasting, lathering, licking, liquidate, liquidation, master, mastery, meliorate, melioration, mitigate, mitigation, modification, modify, modulate, modulation, mount the barricades, mutate, mutineer, mutiny, nonplus, oust, ouster, ousting, overcome, overcoming, overmaster, overmatch, overpower, overset, overthrowal, overturn, overturning, overwhelm, palace revolution, paroxysm, parry, pension, pension off, pensioning off, precipitation, prostration, purge, put to silence, quake, qualification, qualify, quashing, quietus, radical change, re-create, re-creation, read out of, realign, realignment, rebel, rebuild, rebut, rebuttal, reconstruct, redesign, reduce to silence, refit, reform, reformation, refutal, refutation, refute, reluct, reluctate, remake, remaking, removal, remove, remove from office, renew, renewal, reshape, reshaping, restructure, restructuring, retire, retirement, revamp, reversal, revival, revive, revivification, revolt, revolute, revolution, revolutionary war, revolutionize, revulsion, ring the changes, riot, rise, rise up, rout, ruin, run riot, sabotage, sap, sap the foundations, send flying, settle, shellacking, shift, shift the scene, shuffle the cards, shut up, silence, smash, smash all opposition, somersault, somerset, spasm, spill, squash, squelch, strike, striking alteration, strip of office, strip of rank, stroke, subdual, subduing, subjugation, subversion, subvert, sudden change, superannuate, superannuation, suppression, surmount, suspend, suspension, sweeping change, switch, tabula rasa, technological revolution, temblor, thrash, thrashing, throw down, throw over, tidal wave, tip over, topple, topple over, toppling, topsy-turvify, topsy-turvy, total change, transilience, transition, trimming, trip, trip up, trouncing, tsunami, tumble, turn, turn a somersault, turn over, turn the scale, turn the tables, turn the tide, turn topsy-turvy, turn turtle, turn upside down, turnabout, turnover, unchurch, unchurching, undermine, undermining, undoing, unfrock, unfrocking, unhorse, unsaddle, unseat, unseating, unthrone, upend, upheaval, upset, upsetting, upturn, vanquishment, variation, variety, vary, violent change, weaken, whipping, work a change, worsen, worsening, worst

Pronunciation

 * US

Etymology 1
From.

Verb

 * Arabic: أطاح
 * Armenian: տապալել,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 推翻, 打翻
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: stürzen, umstürzen


 * Hungarian:
 * Indonesian:
 * Japanese: 滅ぼす, 転覆
 * Nahuatl: tepeua, tequiua
 * Polish:
 * Russian:, свергнуть
 * Serbo-Croatian: svrgnuti, srušiti
 * Spanish:

Derived terms

 * overthrowal

Noun

 * Armenian:
 * Russian: свержение


 * Serbo-Croatian: svrgnuće, prevrat