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overthrow
English
Pronunciation
- Verb senses:
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??v??????/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?o?v????o?/
- Rhymes: -??
- Noun senses:
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /???v?????/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?o?v????o?/
- Hyphenation: over?throw
Etymology 1
From Middle English overthrowen, equivalent to over- +? throw. Compare Dutch overdraaien, German überdrehen, Old English oferweorpan (“to overthrow”).
For the noun sense, compare Middle English overthrow, overthrowe (“destruction, downfall”), from the verb.
Verb
overthrow (third-person singular simple present overthrows, present participle overthrowing, simple past overthrew, past participle overthrown)
- (transitive) To bring about the downfall of (a government, etc.), especially by force.
- (transitive, now rare) To throw down to the ground, to overturn.
Derived terms
- overthrowable
- overthrowal
- overthrower
Translations
Noun
overthrow (plural overthrows)
- A removal, especially of a ruler or government, by force or threat of force.
- (archaic, rare) An act of throwing something to the ground; an overturning.
Hypernyms
- downfall
Coordinate terms
- collapse
Translations
Etymology 2
over- +? throw.
Verb
overthrow (third-person singular simple present overthrows, present participle overthrowing, simple past overthrew, past participle overthrown)
- (transitive, intransitive) To throw (something) so that it goes too far.
Translations
Noun
overthrow (plural overthrows)
- (sports) A throw that goes too far.
- (cricket) A run scored by the batting side when a fielder throws the ball back to the infield, whence it continues to the opposite outfield.
- (cricket) A run scored by the batting side when a fielder throws the ball back to the infield, whence it continues to the opposite outfield.
Translations
References
Further reading
- overthrow (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- throw over
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destroy
English
Etymology
From Middle English destroyen, from Old French destruire, Vulgar Latin *destrug?, from Classical Latin d?stru?, from d?- (“un-, de-”) + stru? (“I build”). Displaced native shend (“destroy, injure”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d??st???/
- Rhymes: -??
- Hyphenation: de?stroy
Verb
destroy (third-person singular simple present destroys, present participle destroying, simple past and past participle destroyed)
- (transitive, intransitive) To damage beyond use or repair.
- (transitive) To neutralize, undo a property or condition.
- (transitive) To put down or euthanize.
- (transitive) To severely disrupt the well-being of (a person); ruin.
- 2005, Kliatt Young Adult Paperback Book Guide
- Other girls in the foster home are eager to destroy her and get her kicked out of the place. It's a tough situation.
- 2005, Kliatt Young Adult Paperback Book Guide
- (colloquial, transitive, hyperbolic) To defeat soundly.
- (computing, transitive) To remove data.
- (US, colloquial, slang) To sing a song poorly.
- (bodybuilding, slang, antiphrasis) To exhaust duly and thus recreate or build up.
- (slang, vulgar) To penetrate sexually in an aggressive way.
Synonyms
- annihilate
- break
- demolish
- kill
- ruin
- waste
- See also Thesaurus:destroy
Antonyms
- build
- construct
- create
- make
- raise
- repair
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Anagrams
- stroyed
destroy From the web:
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- what destroyed the roman republic
- what destroyed pompeii
- what destroys red blood cells
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