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overthrew
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Overthrow \O`ver*throw"\, v. t. [imp. Overthrew; p. p. Overthrown; p. pr. & vb. n. Overthrowing.]
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To throw over; to overturn; to upset; to turn upside down.
His wife overthrew the table.
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To cause to fall or to fail; to subvert; to defeat; to make a ruin of; to destroy; as, to overthrow a government.
When the walls of Thebes he overthrew.
--Dryden.[Gloucester] that seeks to overthrow religion.
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(Baseball) To throw (a baseball) beyond; to throw too high and too far; to overshoot[1]; as, the shortstop overthrew the first baseman.
Syn: To demolish; overturn; prostrate; destroy; ruin; subvert; overcome; conquer; defeat; discomfit; vanquish; beat; rout.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-simple past of: overthrow)
WordNet
n. the termination of a ruler or institution (especially by force)
the act of disturbing the mind or body; "his carelessness could have caused an ecological upset"; "she was unprepared for this sudden overthrow of their normal way of living" [syn: upset, derangement]
v. cause the downfall of; of rulers; "The Czar was overthrown"; "subvert the ruling class" [syn: subvert, overturn, bring down]
rule against; "The Republicans were overruled when the House voted on the bill" [syn: overrule, overturn, override, reverse]
[also: overthrown, overthrew]
See overthrow
Usage examples of "overthrew".
And then he spurred his horse and came upon Sir Hue and overthrew him, but they soon recovered and dressed their shields and drew their swords and bade Sir Uwaine alight and do his battle to the uttermost.
Then, said the lady, he hath overcome Sir Persant of Inde, one of the noblest knights of the world, and the dwarf said, He hath won all the four brethren and slain the Black Knight, and yet he did more to-fore: he overthrew Sir Kay and left him nigh dead upon the ground.
And when either of other had a sight they let their horses run, and the Brown Knight brake his spear, and Sir Gareth smote him throughout the body, that he overthrew him to the ground stark dead.
Also the second day there jousted Tristram best, and he overthrew forty knights, and did there marvellous deeds of arms.
The third day there jousted Sir Launcelot du Lake, and he overthrew fifty knights, and did many marvellous deeds of arms, that all men wondered on him.
And then Sir Tristram saw none other bote, but rode against him, and overthrew Sir Uwaine and hurt him in the side, and so he departed unto his lodging again.
Then he jousted with his twenty fellows that were made knights with him, but for to make a short tale, he overthrew all those twenty, that none might withstand him a buffet.
And as he had jousted at a tournament there he overthrew me and thirty knights more, and there he won the degree.
Having surveyed the combat for a short time from without the lists, and observed that Sir Galehaut's party began to give way, they joined the press and attacked the royal knights, the young man choosing such adversaries as were suited to his strength, while his companion selected the principal champions of the Round Table, and successively overthrew Gawain, Bohort, and Lionel.
He overthrew all that encountered him, in particular Palamedes, whom he brought to the ground with a stroke of his lance, and then fought him hand to hand, bearing off the prize of the tourney.
He encountered them, one after the other, and overthrew them all four, man and horse, and then rode off, bidding them not to forget their friend, the knight of Cornwall.
And within that week he encountered sixteen knights, and overthrew them all shamefully.
Whensoever a knight came there, he overthrew him, and sold him for his full worth.
But with one thrust Geraint overthrew him also, and killed him as he had done the other.
At this rate you'll be saying you only overthrew the Empire because the Devil told you to.