Among the people of the colonies suffering under Earth's tyranny a force emerges intending to overthrow the status quo through terrorism.
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Overthrow
/əʊvəˈθɹəʊ/
Synonyms for "overthrow" (425 found)
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Closest matches (85)
about faceabout-faceaccommodateaccommodationadaptadaptationadjustadjustmentalteralterationameliorateameliorationansweranswer conclusivelyapoplexyapostasyargue downarisebeatbeating
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bestbetterbettermentbloodless revolutionbouleversementbreakbreak upbreakdownbreakupbringbring downbustcapsizalcapsizecareencashiercashieringcataclysmcatastrophechangechange of heartchangeablenessclean slateclean sweepclimaxcollapsecomplete answercomputer revolutionconfoundconfoundingconfutationconfuteconquerconqueringconquestconstructive changecontinuitycontradictcontradictioncontroversioncontrovertconversionconvertconvulsioncounterrevolutioncrashcrushcrushingculbuteculbuterdeathblowdebacledeckdeconsecratedeconsecrationdefeasancedefeatdefection
Verb(2 words)
bring downdecapitating
Strong matches (128)
deformdefrockdefrockingdegenerationdegenerative changedemolishdemolitiondenaturedenialdenydeposaldeposedeposingdepositiondeprivationdestroydestructiondeteriorationdethronedethronement
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deviationdiastrophismdifferencedisasterdisbardisbarmentdisbarringdiscomfiturediscontinuitydiscreditingdiscrowndiscrownmentdisenthronedisenthronementdismissdismissaldisplacedisplacementdispose ofdisprovedissolutiondivergencediversificationdiversifydiversiondiversitydowncastdownfalldownthrowdrubdrubbingdrum outearthquakeeffective rejoinderendexcommunicateexcommunicationexpelexpulsionfailurefallfinishfiringfitfittingflip flopflip-flopfloorforced resignationgive the gategradual changehidinghoneycombimpeachmentimproveimprovementinsurgeinsurrectkeel overkick upstairskicking upstairsknock overlambastinglatheringlickingliquidateliquidationmastermasterymelioratemeliorationmitigatemitigationmodificationmodifymodulatemodulationmount the barricadesmutatemutineermutinynonplusoppressoustousteroustingovercomeovercomingovermasterovermatchoverpoweroversetoverthrowaloverturn
Noun(8 words)
Adverb(1 words)
more glorious revolutions
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Verb(11 words)
overturnedreversesubvertsubvertingsuffer defeatsupplantedsupplantstopple regimetoppledtopplesunseat a leader
overturningoverwhelmpalace revolutionparoxysmparrypensionpension offpensioning offprecipitationprostrationpurgeput to silencequakequalificationqualifyquashquashingquietusradical changeravage
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re createre creationre-createre-creationread out ofrealignrealignmentrebelrebuildrebutrebuttalreconstructredesignreduce to silencerefitreformreformationrefutalrefutationrefutereluctreluctateremakeremakingremovalremoveremove from officerenewrenewalreshapereshapingrestructurerestructuringretireretirementrevampreversalrevivalreviverevivificationrevoltrevoluterevolutionrevolutionary warrevolutionizerevulsionring the changesriotriserise uproutruinrun riotsabotagesapsap the foundationssend flyingsettleshellackingshiftshift the sceneshuffle the cardsshut upsilencesmashsmash all oppositionsomersaultsomersetspasmspillsquashsquelchstrikestriking alterationstrip of officestrip of rankstrokesubdualsubduingsubjugationsubversionsubvertsudden changesuperannuatesuperannuationsuppressionsurmountsuspendsuspensionsweeping changeswitchtabula rasatechnological revolutiontemblorthrashthrashingthrowthrow downthrow overtidal wavetiptip overtoppletopple overtopplingtopsy-turvifytopsy-turvytotal changetransiliencetransitiontrimmingtriptrip uptrouncingtsunamitumbleturnturn a somersaultturn overturn over a new leafturn the scaleturn the tablesturn the tideturn topsy-turvyturn turtleturn upside downturnaboutturnoverunchurchunchurchinguncrownundermineunderminingundoingunfrockunfrockingunhorseunsaddleunseatunseatingunthroneupendupheavaluprootupsetupsettingupturnvanquishmentvariationvarietyvaryviolent changewarmingwaterlooweakenwhippingwork a changeworsenworseningworst
Noun(19 words)
overturning a rulingoverturnsputschesregime change operationregime dissolutionrevolutionsupplantingtip over easilytoppletopplingtoppling eventtoppling governmentundercutundounseatupendupheavalvanquishingwild throw
Adjective(2 words)
political revolutionviolent overthrow
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14 entrieschangeconclusiondecreedeposedisturbanceendingforce outmotionpolitical eventremovalruleterminationthrowtransformation
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11 entriesCollocations
12 entriescoupcoup detatdethronementoverthrow attemptoverthrow of governmentpolitical overthrowrebellionrevoltrevolutiontoppling governmentupheavalviolent overthrow
Inflections
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3 entriesSample sentences
36 total sentences available.
Tobacco, divine, rare, superexcellent tobacco, which goes far beyond all the panaceas, potable gold, and philosopher's stones, a sovereign remedy to all diseases...but as it is commonly abused by most men, which take it as tinkers do ale, 'tis a plague, a mischief, a violent purger of goods, lands, health, hellish, devilish and damned tobacco, the ruin and overthrow of body and soul.
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Sweatshop labor, rainforest destruction, global warming, displacement of indigenous communities, air and water pollution, eradication of wildlife on farmland as “pests”, the violent overthrow of popularly elected governments to maintain puppet dictators compliant to big business interests, open-pit strip mining, oil drilling in environmentally sensitive areas, union busting, child slavery, and payoffs to repressive regimes are just some of the many impacts of the seemingly innocuous consumer products we consume every day.
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They conspire to overthrow the oppressive government.
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