overthrower
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Perceval, the overthrower of the Foxite ministry, perished; but the political system of the cabinet remained unchanged.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 360, October 1845 by Various
The other historical books, the Rajavali, and Rajaratnacari, give a totally different character of Elala, and represent him as the desecrator of monuments and the overthrower of temples.
From Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and Topographical with Notices of Its Natural History, Antiquities and Productions, Volume 1 by Sir James Emerson Tennent
In particular I remarked the venerable Yamagata, conqueror of China, and the round bullet-head of Oyama, the future overthrower of Kuropatkin.
From The International Spy Being the Secret History of the Russo-Japanese War by Allen Upward
The other cartoon, which appeared several years earlier, shows the King anxiously examining the features of Cooper's well-known miniature of Cromwell, the great overthrower of kings.
From The History of the Nineteenth Century in Caricature by Frederic Taber Cooper
Bradamante, the Amazonian intended of Ruggiero, is of the same race as Orlando, and a great overthrower of infidels.
From Stories from the Italian Poets: with Lives of the Writers, Volume 2 by Torquato Tasso
