overthrower

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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 Tennent, James Emerson, Sir

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 Tasso, Torquato

He stands in history as a reviser of fiscal policies; an introducer of new administrative modes; a widener of the boundaries of political rights; a ceaseless overthrower of public abuses.

From The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, November 1879 by Various

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 Cooper, Frederic Taber

No man wists the name of overthrower or of overthrown.

From Arthurian Chronicles: Roman de Brut by Mason, Eugene