Overturn \O"ver*turn`\, n.
The act off overturning, or the state of being overturned or
subverted; overthrow; as, an overturn of parties.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Overturn \O`ver*turn"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Overturned; p. pr.
& vb. n. Overturning.]
1. To turn or throw from a basis, foundation, or position; to
overset; as, to overturn a carriage or a building.
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2. To subvert; to destroy; to overthrow.
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3. To overpower; to conquer. --Milton.
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Syn: To demolish; overthrow. See Demolish.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
overturn
n 1: the act of upsetting something; "he was badly bruised by the
upset of his sled at a high speed" [syn: upset, turnover]
2: an improbable and unexpected victory; "the biggest upset
since David beat Goliath" [syn: upset]
v 1: turn from an upright or normal position; "The big vase
overturned"; "The canoe tumped over" [syn: turn over,
tip over, tump over]
2: cause to overturn from an upright or normal position; "The
cat knocked over the flower vase"; "the clumsy customer
turned over the vase"; "he tumped over his beer" [syn: tip
over, turn over, upset, knock over, bowl over, tump
over]
3: rule against; "The Republicans were overruled when the House
voted on the bill" [syn: overrule, override, overthrow,
reverse]
4: cause the downfall of; of rulers; "The Czar was overthrown";
"subvert the ruling class" [syn: overthrow, subvert, bring
down]
5: annul by recalling or rescinding; "He revoked the ban on
smoking"; "lift an embargo"; "vacate a death sentence"
[syn: revoke, annul, lift, countermand, reverse,
repeal, rescind, vacate]
6: change radically; "E-mail revolutionized communication in
academe" [syn: revolutionize, revolutionise]
WordNet (r) 2.0
163 Moby Thesaurus words for "overturn":
Waterloo, answer, answer conclusively, argue down, be lost,
beating, bloodless revolution, bouleversement, breakdown, breakup,
bring down, capsizal, capsize, careen, cataclysm, catastrophe,
clean slate, clean sweep, collapse, computer revolution, confound,
confute, conquering, conquest, contradict, controvert, convulsion,
counterrevolution, crash, crush, culbute, culbuter, deathblow,
debacle, deck, defeat, demolish, deny, depose, destruction,
dismiss, dispose of, down, downcast, downfall, downthrow, drubbing,
eject, failure, fall, finish, floor, founder, go down, hiding,
honeycomb, invert, keel, keel over, knock down, knock over,
lambasting, lathering, licking, mastery, nonplus, oust, ouster,
ousting, overcome, overcoming, overmaster, overmatch, overpower,
overset, overthrow, overturning, overwhelm, palace revolution,
parry, pitchpole, precipitation, prostrate, prostration,
put to silence, quietus, radical change, rebut, reduce to silence,
refute, reorganization, revolt, revolute, revolution,
revolutionary war, revolutionize, revulsion, ruin, sabotage, sap,
sap the foundations, scuttle, send flying, settle, shake-up,
shut up, silence, sink, smash, smash all opposition, somersault,
somerset, spasm, spill, squash, squelch, striking alteration,
subdual, subduing, subjugation, subversion, subvert, surmount,
sweeping change, tabula rasa, technological revolution, thrashing,
throw down, throw over, tip over, topple, topple over, toppling,
topsy-turvify, topsy-turvy, total change, transilience, trimming,
trip, trip up, trouncing, tumble, turn a somersault, turn over,
turn topsy-turvy, turn turtle, turn upside down, turnover,
undermine, undoing, unhorse, unseat, unseating, unthrone, upend,
upheaval, upset, upset the boat, upturn, vanquishment,
violent change, weaken, whipping
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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