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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Checkmate :: Checkmate (n.) A complete check; utter defeat or overthrow.
Valid :: Valid (a.) Having legal strength or force; executed with the proper formalities; incapable of being rightfully overthrown or set aside; as, a valid deed; a valid covenant; a valid instrument of any kind; a valid claim or title; a valid marriage..
Unstable :: Unstable (a.) Not stable; not firm, fixed, or constant; subject to change or overthrow..
Defeasance :: Defeasance (n.) A defeat; an overthrow.
Refute :: Refute (v. t.) To disprove and overthrow by argument, evidence, or countervailing proof; to prove to be false or erroneous; to confute; as, to refute arguments; to refute testimony; to refute opinions or theories; to refute a disputant..
Worst :: Worst (a.) To gain advantage over, in contest or competition; to get the better of; to defeat; to overthrow; to discomfit..
Overthrow :: Overthrow (v. t.) To cause to fall or to fail; to subvert; to defeat; to make a ruin of; to destroy.
Reverse :: Reverse (a.) To overthrow by a contrary decision; to make void; to under or annual for error; as, to reverse a judgment, sentence, or decree..
Smite :: Smite (v. t.) To put to rout in battle; to overthrow by war.
Respondent :: Respondent (n.) One who maintains a thesis in reply, and whose province it is to refute objections, or overthrow arguments; -- distinguished from opponent..
Overset :: Overset (n.) An upsetting; overturn; overthrow; as, the overset of a carriage..
Disaffirmance :: Disaffirmance (n.) Overthrow or annulment by the decision of a superior tribunal; as, disaffirmance of judgment..
Abate :: Abate (v. t.) To beat down; to overthrow.
Stability :: Stability (a.) The state or quality of being stable, or firm; steadiness; firmness; strength to stand without being moved or overthrown; as, the stability of a structure; the stability of a throne or a constitution..
Fenian :: Fenian (n.) A member of a secret organization, consisting mainly of Irishment, having for its aim the overthrow of English rule in ireland..
Overturn :: Overturn (n.) The act off overturning, or the state of being overturned or subverted; overthrow; as, an overturn of parties..
Defeature :: Defeature (n.) Overthrow; defeat.
Evert :: Evert (v. t.) To overthrow; to subvert.
Anatreptic :: Anatreptic (a.) Overthrowing; defeating; -- applied to Plato's refutative dialogues.
Reverse :: Reverse (a.) Hence, to overthrow; to subvert..
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