Thesaurus / overthrow
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Lebanese Hizbullah, for example, is fully aligned with the Islamic Republic’s vision, accepting of its absolute authority over the Shia world, and dedicated to the overthrow of its enemies in the West and in Israel.
IRAN'S REVOLUTIONARY GUARD IS RADICALIZING YOUNG MEN ACROSS THE MIDDLE EAST. THE U.S. NEEDS A COUNTERINSURGENCY STRATEGYKASRA AARABIFEBRUARY 11, 2021TIMEBecause they are now recognized as a party that has emboldened the overthrow of our constitutional government.
FORMER RNC CHAIR SAYS GOP WILL NOT BE A GOVERNING MAJORITY AGAIN AS LONG AS IT EMBRACES TRUMPISMEUGENE SCOTTJANUARY 12, 2021WASHINGTON POSTIt’s because revolution means “an overthrow or complete replacement of an established system.”
WHY ARE ONLY SOME WARS CALLED “REVOLUTIONS”?RACHEL LEONARDOCTOBER 20, 2020EVERYTHING AFTER ZSeditious language is typically understood as speech advocating the overthrow of the government, and 54 different SDPD officers handed out at least 82 tickets for it since 2013.
OFFICERS WHO WROTE MULTIPLE SEDITIOUS LANGUAGE TICKETS HAVE BEEN ACCUSED OF OTHER VIOLATIONSKARA GRANTOCTOBER 14, 2020VOICE OF SAN DIEGOGenerally, seditious language is language advocating for the overthrow of the government.
MORNING REPORT: PUNISHED FOR PISSING OFF POLICEVOICE OF SAN DIEGOSEPTEMBER 10, 2020VOICE OF SAN DIEGODistances were to him as nothing; and difficulties only stimulated him to give his adversaries a more signal overthrow.
THE PASTOR'S FIRE-SIDE VOL. 3 OF 4JANE PORTERSiyes desired a man who would overthrow the Directory and establish a dictatorship: Barras was coquetting with the Bourbons.
NAPOLEON'S MARSHALSR. P. DUNN-PATTISONScarcely a year passed in which his name was not connected with some conspiracy to overthrow the First Consul.
NAPOLEON'S MARSHALSR. P. DUNN-PATTISONWhen one enemy of his kingdom appears, vows should be made to resist and overthrow his influence.
THE ORDINANCE OF COVENANTINGJOHN CUNNINGHAMAs for his killing you in cold blood, that thought comes from your excitement of the moment and your chagrin at your overthrow.
THE COURIER OF THE OZARKSBYRON A. DUNNWORDS RELATED TO OVERTHROW
- KO
- ambush
- annihilation
- beating
- blow
- break
- breakdown
- check
- collapse
- conquest
- count
- debacle
- defeasance
- destruction
- discomfiture
- downthrow
- drubbing
- embarrassment
- extermination
- failure
- fall
- insuccess
- killing
- lacing
- loss
- massacre
- mastery
- nonsuccess
- overthrow
- paddling
- rebuff
- repulse
- reverse
- rout
- ruin
- scalping
- setback
- shellacking
- slaughter
- subjugation
- thrashing
- trap
- trashing
- trimming
- triumph
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- vanquishment
- waxing
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- whitewashing
- abolishing
- abolition
- assassinating
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- disrupting
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- downfall
- elimination
- end
- eradication
- extermination
- extinction
- extinguishing
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- extirpation
- havoc
- invalidating
- invalidation
- loss
- massacre
- murder
- obliteration
- overthrow
- ravaging
- ruin
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- sacking
- shattering
- slaughter
- slaying
- subjugation
- subversion
- subverting
- undoing
- wreckage
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- abortion
- bankruptcy
- bomb
- botch
- breakdown
- bungle
- bust
- checkmate
- collapse
- decay
- decline
- default
- defeat
- deficiency
- deficit
- delinquency
- dereliction
- deterioration
- downfall
- failing
- false step
- faux pas
- fiasco
- flash in the pan
- flop
- frustration
- implosion
- inadequacy
- lead balloon
- lemon
- loser
- loss
- mess
- misadventure
- miscarriage
- misstep
- neglect
- nonperformance
- nonsuccess
- omission
- overthrow
- rout
- rupture
- sinking ship
- stalemate
- stoppage
- total loss
- turkey
- washout
- wreck
- abolishment
- abrogation
- annihilation
- annulment
- cancellation
- defeasance
- destruction
- dissolution
- elimination
- end
- ending
- eradication
- extirpation
- invalidation
- negation
- obliteration
- overthrow
- overturning
- quashing
- repeal
- repudiation
- rescinding
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- revocation
- subversion
- suppression
- termination
- voidance
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- wiping out
- withdrawal
- abolishing
- abolition
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- downfall
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- end
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- extermination
- extinction
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- extinguishment
- extirpation
- havoc
- invalidating
- invalidation
- liquidation
- loss
- massacre
- murder
- overthrow
- ravaging
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- ruination
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- shattering
- slaughter
- slaying
- subjugation
- subversion
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- undoing
- wreckage
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- abuse
- afflict
- aggrieve
- annoy
- beat down
- burden
- crush
- despotize
- dishearten
- dispirit
- distress
- encumber
- force
- handicap
- harass
- harry
- hound
- keep down
- maltreat
- outrage
- overcome
- overload
- overpower
- overthrow
- overwhelm
- persecute
- pick on
- plague
- press
- prey on
- put down
- put screws to
- put the squeeze on
- put upon
- ride
- rule
- sadden
- saddle
- smother
- strain
- subjugate
- suppress
- tax
- torment
- torture
- trample
- trouble
- tyrannize
- vex
- weigh heavy upon
- worry
- wrong
- bested
- came out on top
- conquered
- crushed
- downed
- drowned
- got around
- got the better of
- hurdled
- knocked over
- knocked socks off
- licked
- mastered
- outlived
- overpowered
- overthrew
- overwhelmed
- prevailed
- prostrated
- reduced
- rendered
- rose above
- shocked
- stunned
- subdued
- subjugated
- surmounted
- survived
- threw
- triumph over
- vanquished
- was victorious
- weathered
- whelmed
- won
- worsted
- be victorious
- best
- come out on top
- conquer
- crush
- down
- drown
- get around
- get the better of
- hurdle
- knock over
- knock socks off
- lick
- master
- outlive
- overpower
- overthrow
- overwhelm
- prevail
- prostrate
- reduce
- render
- rise above
- run over
- shock
- stun
- subdue
- subjugate
- surmount
- survive
- throw
- triumph over
- vanquish
- weather
- whelm
- win
- worst
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