Overturning

noun, verb

noun, verb ·4 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act by which something is overturned.

    "But after that there were three general overturnings before Christ came, in the succession of the three great monarchies of the world, after the Babylonish empire."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of overturn form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

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overthrowoverturnreversal

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"Tom was barely able to keep the canoe from overturning."

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