overthrew

Verb (1)

overthrow (third-person singular simple present overthrows, present participle overthrowing, simple past overthrew, past participle overthrown)

1. (transitive) To bring about the downfall of (a government, etc.), especially by force; to usurp.
   • I hate the current government, but not enough to want to overthrow them.

   Synonyms:

   overturn, oust, subvert

2. (archaic, transitive) To throw down to the ground, to overturn.
   • And he [Jesus] made a ſcourge off ſmale cordes / and drave thē all out off the temple / bothe ſhepe and oxen / ãd powred doune the changers money / and overthrue their tables.1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, The Gospell off S. Jhon ij:[15], folio cxxi, verso

Verb (2)

overthrow (third-person singular simple present overthrows, present participle overthrowing, simple past overthrew, past participle overthrown)

1. (intransitive, transitive) To throw (something) so that it goes too far.
   • He overthrew first base, for an error.

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