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overthrowals

overthrowals is the plural of overthrowal.

Meaning of overthrowal

Noun

overthrowal (plural overthrowals)

  1. The act of overthrowing something or someone.
    • So he will interfere with natural growth by subjecting himself to unnatural discipline and putting himself to impossible tasks, such as the upsetting of kings and the overthrowal of empires.1942, Rebecca West, Black Lamb and Grey Falcon, Canongate, published 2006, →ISBN, page 818

Questions about overthrowals

What is overthrowals the plural of?
Overthrowals is the plural of overthrowal.

Words near overthrowals in the dictionary

  1. overthronging
  2. overthrongs
  3. overthrow
  4. overthrowable
  5. overthrowal
  6. overthrowals
  7. overthrower
  8. overthrowers
  9. overthrowest
  10. overthroweth
  11. overthrowing

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