Overthrow

//əʊvəˈθɹəʊ//

Synonyms for "overthrow" (404 found)

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Translations

96 translations across 43 languages.

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Albanian

2 entries
  • mujt (gheg) verb (to bring about the downfall of)
  • përmbys verb (to bring about the downfall of)

Ancient Greek

2 entries
  • καταστροφή noun (removal by force or threat of force)
  • καταστρέφω verb (to bring about the downfall of)

Arabic

2 entries
  • أَطَاحَ verb (to bring about the downfall of)
  • طيّح verb (to bring about the downfall of)

Armenian

3 entries
  • տապալում noun (removal by force or threat of force)
  • կործանել verb (to bring about the downfall of)
  • տապալել verb (to bring about the downfall of)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • devirmə noun (removal by force or threat of force)
  • devirmək verb (to bring about the downfall of)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • звергнуць verb (to bring about the downfall of)
  • звярга́ць verb (to bring about the downfall of)
  • зры́нуць verb (to bring about the downfall of)
  • зрына́ць verb (to bring about the downfall of)

Bulgarian

3 entries
  • преврат noun (removal by force or threat of force)
  • надхвърлям verb (to throw (something) so that it goes too far)
  • събарям verb (to bring about the downfall of)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 打翻 verb (to bring about the downfall of)
  • 推翻 verb (to bring about the downfall of)

Dutch

1 entries
  • omverwerpen verb (to bring about the downfall of)

Egyptian

1 entries
  • w-d:n-Z9:D40 verb (to bring about the downfall of)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • faligi verb (to bring about the downfall of)

Finnish

1 entries
  • kaataa verb (to bring about the downfall of)

French

2 entries
  • déposer verb (to bring about the downfall of)
  • renverser verb (to bring about the downfall of)

Galician

1 entries
  • derrocar verb (to bring about the downfall of)

Georgian

1 entries
  • გადატრიალება noun (removal by force or threat of force)

German

3 entries
  • Umsturz noun (removal by force or threat of force)
  • stürzen verb (to bring about the downfall of)
  • umstürzen verb (to bring about the downfall of)

Greek

2 entries
  • ανατροπή noun (removal by force or threat of force)
  • ανατρέπω verb (to bring about the downfall of)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • megdönt verb (to bring about the downfall of)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • kudeta verb (to bring about the downfall of)

Italian

2 entries
  • deporre verb (to bring about the downfall of)
  • rovesciare verb (to bring about the downfall of)

Japanese

2 entries
  • 滅ぼす verb (to bring about the downfall of)
  • 転覆する verb (to bring about the downfall of)

Korean

2 entries
  • 무너뜨리다 verb (to bring about the downfall of)
  • 전복(顚覆)하다 verb (to bring about the downfall of)

Latin

3 entries
  • stragēs noun (removal by force or threat of force)
  • subversiō noun (removal by force or threat of force)
  • subvertō verb (to bring about the downfall of)

Latvian

1 entries
  • nogāzt verb (to bring about the downfall of)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • nuversti verb (to bring about the downfall of)

Malay

1 entries
  • guling verb (to bring about the downfall of)

Middle English

2 entries
  • translaten verb (to bring about the downfall of)
  • werpen verb (to bring about the downfall of)

Māori

4 entries
  • whakatakahurihanga noun (removal by force or threat of force)
  • kōkeke verb (to bring about the downfall of)
  • taupoki verb (to bring about the downfall of)
  • turaki verb (to bring about the downfall of)

Nahuatl

2 entries
  • tepeua verb (to bring about the downfall of)
  • tequiua verb (to bring about the downfall of)

Old English

1 entries
  • tōweorpan verb (to bring about the downfall of)

Pannonian Rusyn

2 entries
  • валяц verb (to bring about the downfall of)
  • звалїц verb (to bring about the downfall of)

Persian

2 entries
  • برانداختن verb (to bring about the downfall of)
  • سرنگون کردن verb (to bring about the downfall of)

Polish

4 entries
  • obalać verb (to bring about the downfall of)
  • obalić verb (to throw down to the ground)
  • powalać verb (to bring about the downfall of)
  • powalić verb (to bring about the downfall of)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • depor verb (to bring about the downfall of)
  • derrocar verb (to bring about the downfall of)
  • derrubar verb (to bring about the downfall of)
  • golpe de estado verb (to bring about the downfall of)

Russian

3 entries
  • сверже́ние noun (removal by force or threat of force)
  • све́ргнуть verb (to bring about the downfall of)
  • сверга́ть verb (to bring about the downfall of)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • prevrat noun (removal by force or threat of force)
  • svrgnuće noun (removal by force or threat of force)
  • srušiti verb (to bring about the downfall of)
  • svrgnuti verb (to bring about the downfall of)

Spanish

4 entries
  • deposición noun (removal by force or threat of force)
  • derrocamiento noun (removal by force or threat of force)
  • derribar verb (to bring about the downfall of)
  • derrocar verb (to bring about the downfall of)

Swahili

1 entries
  • angusha verb (to bring about the downfall of)

Swedish

1 entries
  • störta verb (to bring about the downfall of)

Thai

1 entries
  • โค่น verb (to bring about the downfall of)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • ски́нення noun (removal by force or threat of force)
  • скида́ння noun (removal by force or threat of force)
  • ски́нути verb (to bring about the downfall of)
  • скида́ти verb (to bring about the downfall of)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • lật đổ verb (to bring about the downfall of)

Walloon

1 entries
  • stårer verb (to bring about the downfall of)

Sample sentences

36 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Among the people of the colonies suffering under Earth's tyranny a force emerges intending to overthrow the status quo through terrorism.

Source: tatoeba (328607)

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.

Source: tatoeba (411108)

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.

Source: tatoeba (4066491)

They conspire to overthrow the oppressive government.

Source: tatoeba (6759704)

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