overthrow

overthrow
1. n ниспровержение; переворот; свержение

overthrow of the party in power — отстранение от власти правящей партии

violent overthrow — насильственное свержение

2. n гибель, конец, поражение

the overthrow of his plans — крушение его планов

3. v опрокидывать; перевёртывать
4. v свергать, ниспровергать; уничтожать

to overthrow a government — свергнуть правительство

overthrow a government — свергать правительство

5. v разрушать, уничтожать

much of the city was overthrown by the earthquake and a great fire — землетрясение и пожары разрушили большую часть города

6. v переброс
Синонимический ряд:
1. defeat (noun) beating; debacle; defeasance; defeat; discomfiture; downcast; downthrow; drubbing; licking; shellacking; thrashing; trouncing; vanquishment; warming
2. deposition (noun) deposition; displacement; fall
3. destruction (noun) demolition; destruction; dispersion; rout; ruin
4. conquer (verb) conquer; crush; defeat; master; overcome; overpower; overrun; overwhelm; subjugate; vanquish
5. depose (verb) depose; dethrone; oust; usurp
6. destroy (verb) abolish; demolish; destroy; eradicate; exterminate; level; raze; terminate
7. overturn (verb) bring down; knock over; overset; overturn; tip over; topple; tumble; turn over; unhorse; unseat; upset
8. run (verb) ruin; run; subvert
Антонимический ряд:
assist; construct; develop; install; maintain; preserve; regenerate; reinstate; restore; revive; support; surrender

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  • Overthrow — may refer to: Overthrow, a change in government, often achieved by force or through a coup. The 5th October Overthrow, or Bulldozer Revolution, the events of 2000 that led to the downfall of Slobodan Milošević in the former Yugoslavia. Overthrow… …   Wikipedia

  • Overthrow — O ver*throw , v. t. [imp. {Overthrew}; p. p. {Overthrown}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Overthrowing}.] 1. To throw over; to overturn; to upset; to turn upside down. [1913 Webster] His wife overthrew the table. Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster] 2. To cause to fall …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Overthrow — O ver*throw , n. 1. The act of overthrowing; the state of being overthrown; ruin. [1913 Webster] Your sudden overthrow much rueth me. Spenser. [1913 Webster] 2. (a) (Baseball) The act of throwing a ball too high, as over a player s head. (b)… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • overthrow — (v.) early 14c., to knock down, from OVER (Cf. over) + THROW (Cf. throw) (v.). Figurative sense of to cast down from power, defeat is attested from late 14c. Related: Overthrown; overthrowing. Earlier in same senses was overwerpen to overturn… …   Etymology dictionary

  • overthrow — I verb abolish, adfligere, be victorious over, break up, bring down, cast down, conquer, defeat, deicere, dethrone, diruere, disrupt, eradicate, exterminate, extirpate, fell, invert, master, nullify, obliterate, obviate, overmaster, overpower,… …   Law dictionary

  • overthrow — vb 1 *overturn, subvert, upset, capsize Analogous words: *throw, cast, fling, hurl, toss 2 rout, surmount, overcome, vanquish, *conquer, defeat, beat, lick, subdue, subjugate, reduce …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • overthrow — [v] defeat, destroy abolish, beat, bring down, bring to ruin, conquer, crush, demolish, depose, dethrone, do away with, eradicate, exterminate, knock down, knock over, level, liquidate, oust, overcome, overpower, overrun, overturn, overwhelm,… …   New thesaurus

  • overthrow — ► VERB (past overthrew; past part. overthrown) 1) remove forcibly from power. 2) put an end to through force. 3) throw (a ball) further than the intended distance. ► NOUN 1) a defeat or removal from power. 2) …   English terms dictionary

  • overthrow — [ō΄vər thrō′; ] also, and for n.always, [ō′vər thrō΄] vt. overthrew, overthrown, overthrowing 1. to throw or turn over; upset 2. to overcome; conquer; end 3. to throw a ball or the like beyond (the intended receiver or target) n. 1. an… …   English World dictionary

  • overthrow — 01. In January of 1937, 13 leading Communists were sentenced to death for taking part in a plot, allegedly led by Leon Trotsky, to [overthrow] the Soviet government, and kill its leaders. 02. The general population seems to support the coup which …   Grammatical examples in English

  • overthrow — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ attempted ▪ violent VERB + OVERTHROW ▪ bring about, lead to ▪ plot …   Collocations dictionary


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