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Overturn
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- 1 A turning over or upside-down; inversion.
- 2 an improbable and unexpected victory wordnet
- 3 The overturning or overthrow of some institution or state of affairs; ruin.
- 4 the act of upsetting something wordnet
- 1 To turn over, capsize or upset. ambitransitive
"About three or four minutes later still an express freight on the up main line ran into the wreckage at about 35 m.p.h. Its engine also overturned and 15 more wagons were added to the mounting pile of wreckage."
- 2 change radically wordnet
- 3 To overthrow or destroy. transitive
- 4 rule against wordnet
- 5 To reverse (a decision); to overrule or rescind. transitive
"In a report for the Sun on Sunday, Barak claimed that Andrew is consulting lawyers about overturning that settlement."
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- 6 cancel officially wordnet
- 7 To diminish the significance of a previous defeat by winning; to make a comeback from. transitive
"Villa spent most of the second period probing from wide areas and had a succession of corners but despite their profligacy they will be glad to overturn the 6-0 hammering they suffered at St James' Park in August following former boss Martin O'Neill's departure"
- 8 turn from an upright or normal position wordnet
- 9 To undergo a limnic eruption, where dissolved gas suddenly erupts from the depths. intransitive
- 10 cause to overturn from an upright or normal position wordnet
- 11 cause the downfall of; of rulers wordnet
Etymology
From Middle English overturnen, equivalent to over- + turn. Compare also Middle English overterven (“to overturn”), see terve.
From Middle English overturnen, equivalent to over- + turn. Compare also Middle English overterven (“to overturn”), see terve.
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