- past participle of overthrow.
overthrown
Example Sentences
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The regime that had ruled Iran since the Shah was overthrown in 1979 was on the way out.
From BBC ● Jun. 9, 2026
On 7 December, mutinying soldiers claimed to have overthrown the Benin president.
From BBC ● Apr. 16, 2026
“I’m happy because the Ayatollah was overthrown, and for the freedom,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 6, 2026
Many waved flags with a lion and a sun against horizontal green, white and red stripes, the emblem of the monarchy overthrown in 1979.
From Barron's ● Feb. 14, 2026
He was the one who told her in the summer of 1973, when Mariam was fourteen, that King Zahir Shah, who had ruled from Kabul for forty years, had been overthrown in a bloodless coup.
From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
