- present participle of overthrow.
overthrowing
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In 2017, Chiwenga played a key role in overthrowing then President Robert Mugabe.
From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026
I watched a movie called “The International,” which focused on an Interpol investigation of a bank that primarily served groups intent on overthrowing existing governments.
From MarketWatch ● May 8, 2026
He might open the door to their own people overthrowing them, though not push anybody through it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 3, 2026
Kainerugaba, who was born in 1974, grew up in exile in Tanzania, Kenya and Sweden before his father took power in 1986 after overthrowing the brutal regime of Milton Obote.
From BBC ● Jan. 30, 2026
“The alliance is to be sealed by a marriage, it says. In return for Dome’s help overthrowing die Usurper, my brother Viserys is to take Prince Doran’s daughter Arianne for his queen.”
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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