overthrown

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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Overthrow \O`ver*throw"\, v. t. [imp. Overthrew; p. p. Overthrown; p. pr. & vb. n. Overthrowing.]

1.To throw over; to overturn; to upset; to turn upside down. [1913 Webster]

His wife overthrew the table.— Jer. Taylor.[1913 Webster]

2.To cause to fall or to fail; to subvert; to defeat; to make a ruin of; to destroy; as, to overthrow a government. [1913 Webster +PJC]

When the walls of Thebes he overthrew.— Dryden.[1913 Webster]
[Gloucester] that seeks to overthrow religion.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

3.(Baseball) To throw (a baseball) beyond; to throw too high and too far; to overshoot[1]; as, the shortstop overthrew the first baseman. [PJC]

Syn: To demolish; overturn; prostrate; destroy; ruin; subvert; overcome; conquer; defeat; discomfit; vanquish; beat; rout. [1913 Webster]

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