overthrow

overthrow
v
1. vanquish, conquer, subjugate, Sl. shellac; defeat, beat, rout, discomfit, worst, thrash; overpower, overmaster, be victorious over, Inf. whip; subvert, overturn, overcome, overwhelm, prevail over, surmount; quash, quell, squash, squelch; suppress, crush, humble, master, subdue, put down.
2. depose, oust, dethrone, unseat, remove from office, uncrown, discrown, unfrock; disestablish, disenact.
3. overturn, turn over, upset, overset, throw over, knock over, knock down; upend, tip over, capsize, turn topsy-turvy, turn upside down, reverse, invert; topple, tumble, precipitate, Inf. spill.
4. revolutionize, revolt, rise, rise up, rebel; disrupt, interrupt, break up, displace, disorganize, disarrange; agitate, convulse, disturb.
5. nullify, abolish, quash; cancel, discharge, set aside, render unnecessary, obviate; countermand, counterorder, overrule, override; veto, reverse; invalidate, disprove, refute, confute, rebut; dispute, deny, oppose, controvert; contradict, belie, negate.
6. annihilate, discreate, exterminate, extirpate, extinguish, abolish; erase, efface, eradicate, expunge, cancel, obliterate; excise, cut, cut out, cut off; blot out, strike out, stamp out, crush out, wipe out, rub out; kill, kill off, slay, slaughter, murder, finish, finish off, Sl. do in, Sl. zap; purge, get rid of, leave no vestige or trace of, liquidate, remove, dispose of; terminate, dissolve, bring to an end, put an end to, do away with.
7. devastate, desolate, demolish, lay waste; ravage, work havoc upon, destroy, ruin, Dial. ruinate, bring to ruin, lay in ruins; wreck, Sl. total, knock to pieces, dash to pieces, smash, waste, Sl. trash, reduce to nothing.
8. pulverize, crush, squelch, mash; crash, shatter, batter, break; fracture, splinter, tear, crack, split, rend, tear apart, wrench apart; mutilate, mangle, maim, make mincemeat of.
9. raze, tear down, pull down, break down, throw down, beat down, batter down; cast down, knock down, hurl down; fell, lay level, prostrate, level, bulldoze, flatten; cut down, chop down, hew down, mow down.
n
10. vanquishment, conquest, subjugation, mastery, victory, triumph; defeat, rout, discomfiture; subversion, overturn, suppression, subdual; ruin, fall, downfall, labefaction, collapse, undoing.
11. quashing, quelling, squashing, squelching; overcoming, overwhelming, mastering, crushing, putting down.
12. deposition, deposal, ouster, unseating, dethronement, discrownment, unfrocking, dispossession; disestablishment, disenactment; dismissal, expulsion, discharge, removal.
13. throwing over, oversetting, knocking over, knocking down; upending, tipping over, capsizing, capsize, reversing, reversal, inverting, inversion.
14. revolution, insurrection, insurgence, uprising, mutiny, revolt, coup d'dtat, rebellion; overturn, upset, breakup, debacle, cataclysm, catastrophe; disruption, eruption, interruption, displacement, disorganization, breakdown, disarrangement, derangement; agitation, upheaval, confusion, convulsion, disturbance.
15. nullification, abolition, abolishment; cancellation, discharge, setting aside; countermand, counter-order, overruling, overriding; veto, reversal; invalidation, Rare. disproval, refutation, confutation; disputation, denial, opposition, contradiction.
16. annihilation, discreation, extermination, extirpation, extinguishment, extinction; erasure, erasion, effacement, eradication, expunction, obliteration; excision, cutting out, cutting off; blotting out, striking out, stamping out, crushing out, wiping out, rubbing out; killing, slaying, slaughter, murdering, finishing off, Sl. doing in; purgation, leaving no vestige or trace of, liquidation, removal; termination, dissolution, putting an end to, doing away with, bringing to an end.
17. devastation, desolation, demolition, havoc, laying waste; ravagement, destruction, perdition, ruin, ruination, wreckage.

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