Thesaurus / overthrowing
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synonyms for overthrowing
- abuse
- brutality
- coercion
- cruelty
- despotism
- dictatorship
- domination
- injustice
- maltreatment
- persecution
- suffering
- autocracy
- calamity
- compulsion
- conquering
- control
- fascism
- force
- hardness
- harshness
- injury
- severity
- subjection
- torment
- abusiveness
- forcibleness
- iron hand
- martial law
- subduing
- tyrrany
On this page you'll find 55 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to overthrowing, such as: incendiary, riotous, insurgent, underground, inflammatory, and insurrectionary.
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How to use overthrowing in a sentence
In their eyes, it was the Hellenic civilisation overthrowing the presumption of the Western barbarians.
HISTORY OF JULIUS CAESAR VOL. 1 OF 2NAPOLEON III, EMPEROR OF THE FRENCH, 1808-1873.He was the mere exponent of the purposes of his mother, until her son Alberic succeeded in 933 in overthrowing their authority.
ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA, 11TH EDITION, VOLUME 15, SLICE 4VARIOUSThe boy who was overthrowing religion breathed somewhat heavily as he did so.
THE LONGEST JOURNEYE. M. FORSTERBrutus led in overthrowing the tyranny of Tarquin the Proud and establishing a republic in Rome.
MCCLURE'S MAGAZINE, JANUARY, 1896, VOL. VI. NO. 2VARIOUSShe aimed at overthrowing the present status quo in the Balkans, and establishing her own hegemony there.
THE STORY OF THE GREAT WAR, VOLUME I (OF 8)VARIOUSA frightful earthquake, overthrowing the mountains, and destroying the greater part of the dwellers on earth, closes this age.
THE CONTEMPORARY REVIEW, VOLUME 36, NOVEMBER 1879VARIOUSBut the success of the voluntary system here is overthrowing this assumption.
THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY, VOLUME 14, NO. 86, DECEMBER, 1864VARIOUSAnd, with one vigorous bound, he sprang through the ring of his foes, overthrowing some three or four of them to the earth.
THE INTERNATIONAL MONTHLY, VOLUME 5, NO. 3, MARCH, 1852VARIOUSLife is a superb goddess, always advancing, overthrowing the obstacles which environment places in the way of her triumph.
THE MONTESSORI METHODMARIA MONTESSORIThey do so, however, without overthrowing the principles of their classification.
OPUSCULAROBERT GORDON LATHAMWORDS RELATED TO OVERTHROWING
- abuse
- abusiveness
- autocracy
- brutality
- calamity
- coercion
- compulsion
- conquering
- control
- cruelty
- despotism
- dictatorship
- domination
- fascism
- force
- forcibleness
- hardness
- harshness
- injury
- injustice
- iron hand
- maltreatment
- martial law
- overthrowing
- persecution
- severity
- subduing
- subjection
- suffering
- torment
- tyrrany
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.