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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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quash
English
Etymology
From Middle English quaschen, quasshen, cwessen, quassen, from Old French quasser, from Latin quass?re, present active infinitive of quass?, under the influence of cass? (“I annul”), from Latin quati? (“I shake”), from Proto-Indo-European *k?eh?t- (“to shake”) (same root for the English words: pasta, paste, pastiche, pastry). Cognate with Spanish quejar (“to complain”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kw??/
- (General American) IPA(key): /kw??/
- (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /kw??/
- Rhymes: -??
Verb
quash (third-person singular simple present quashes, present participle quashing, simple past and past participle quashed)
- To defeat decisively.
- a. 1677, Isaac Barrow, Of Contentment (sermon)
- Contrition is apt to quash or allay all worldly grief.
- a. 1677, Isaac Barrow, Of Contentment (sermon)
- (obsolete) To crush or dash to pieces.
- 1645, Edmund Waller, The Battle Of The Summer Islands
- The whales / Against sharp rocks, like reeling vessels, quashed, / Though huge as mountains, are in pieces dashed.
- 1645, Edmund Waller, The Battle Of The Summer Islands
- (law) To void or suppress (a subpoena, decision, etc.).
Related terms
- cask
- casket
- concussion
- discuss, discussion
- fracas
- percussion
- rescue
- squash
Translations
Anagrams
- huqas
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