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Overturn   /ˈoʊvərtˌərn/   Listen
verb
Overturn  v. t.  (past & past part. overturned; pres. part. overturning)  
1.
To turn or throw from a basis, foundation, or position; to overset; as, to overturn a carriage or a building.
2.
To subvert; to destroy; to overthrow.
3.
To overpower; to conquer.
Synonyms: To demolish; overthrow. See Demolish.


noun
Overturn  n.  The act off overturning, or the state of being overturned or subverted; overthrow; as, an overturn of parties.





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"Overturn" Quotes from Famous Books



... the society of Saint-Vincent de Paul and the International. But this latter commits too many imbecilities to have a long life. I admit that it may overcome the troops at Versailles and overturn the government, the Prussians will enter Paris, and "order will reign" at Warsaw. If, on the contrary, it is conquered, the reaction will be furious and ...
— The George Sand-Gustave Flaubert Letters • George Sand, Gustave Flaubert
... and an agitator. He was not satisfied with things as they were, nor willing to give time an opportunity to improve them. He took hold of the horns of the altar with daring hands. He denounced the Church and the world,—undertook to overturn every thing, and to put all on a new foundation. He entered on a crusade against what he called "pulpit preaching," whereby particular persons, called ministers, "may deliver what they please, and none must object; and this we must pay ...
— Salem Witchcraft, Volumes I and II • Charles Upham
... he was barely an instant too soon. To his dismay, Mr. Farnum saw something dark, unwieldy, rising through the water. It appeared to be coming up fairly under the stern of the shore boat, threatening to overturn the little craft and plunge them all into ...
— The Submarine Boys and the Middies • Victor G. Durham
... of education will ultimately overturn all order in the land. Among ancient Pagan nations, where the poor were comparatively ignorant—where they did not know their rights—it was easy to hold them in bondage; but now things have changed. Discontent in ...
— Public School Education • Michael Mueller
... inhabited the cave was now a constant topic, particularly with George, who was determined, sooner or later, to find out something more about it. With this end in view he made secret preparations, particularly in constructing a lamp which would not be liable to overturn or be put out by ...
— The Wonder Island Boys: Exploring the Island • Roger Thompson Finlay


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