Definition of overthrow

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Overthrow (n.) The act of throwing a ball too high, as over a player's head..

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Fall :: Fall (v. t.) To be overthrown or captured; to be destroyed.
Tickle :: Tickle (a.) Wavering, or liable to waver and fall at the slightest touch; unstable; easily overthrown..
Overthrow :: Overthrow (n.) A faulty return of the ball by a fielder, so that the striker makes an additional run..
Eversive :: Eversive (a.) Tending to evert or overthrow; subversive; with of.
Rebellion :: Rebellion (v. i.) The act of rebelling; open and avowed renunciation of the authority of the government to which one owes obedience, and resistance to its officers and laws, either by levying war, or by aiding others to do so; an organized uprising of subjects for the purpose of coercing or overthrowing their lawful ruler or government by force; revolt; insurrection..
Profligation :: Profligation (n.) Defeat; rout; overthrow.
Subversionary :: Subversion (n.) The act of overturning, or the state of being overturned; entire overthrow; an overthrow from the foundation; utter ruin; destruction; as, the subversion of a government; the subversion of despotic power; the subversion of the constitution..
Sound :: Sound (superl.) Founded in truth or right; supported by justice; not to be overthrown on refuted; not fallacious; as, sound argument or reasoning; a sound objection; sound doctrine; sound principles..
Defeat :: Defeat (v. t.) To overcome or vanquish, as an army; to check, disperse, or ruin by victory; to overthrow..
Stable :: Stable (v. i.) Durable; not subject to overthrow or change; firm; as, a stable foundation; a stable position..
Rase :: Rase (v. i.) To be leveled with the ground; to fall; to suffer overthrow.
Discomfit :: Discomfit (n.) Rout; overthrow; discomfiture.
Respondent :: Respondent (n.) One who maintains a thesis in reply, and whose province it is to refute objections, or overthrow arguments; -- distinguished from opponent..
Unpreach :: Unpreach (v. t.) To undo or overthrow by preaching.
Undermine :: Undermine (v. t.) To excavate the earth beneath, or the part of, especially for the purpose of causing to fall or be overthrown; to form a mine under; to sap; as, to undermine a wall..
Reverse :: Reverse (a.) Hence, to overthrow; to subvert..
Discomfit :: Discomfit (a.) Discomfited; overthrown.
Knockdown :: Knockdown (a.) Of force sufficient to fell or completely overthrow; as, a knockdown blow; a knockdown argument..
Scatter :: Scatter (v. t.) Hence, to frustrate, disappoint, and overthrow; as, to scatter hopes, plans, or the like..
Subverant :: Subvert (v. i.) To overthrow anything from the foundation; to be subversive.
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