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verb

ˌō-vər-ˈtərn How to pronounce overturn (audio)
Definition of overturnnext
as in to capsize
to turn on one's side or upside down afraid that my kayak would overturn

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overturn

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noun

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as in veto

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as in overthrow

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Recent Examples of overturn
Verb
One complaint resulted in a two-day suspension, but the suspension was overturned after an administrative hearing. — Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 24 Sep. 2026 In a legal filing, the administration says that precedent should be overturned. — David Folkenflik, NPR, 23 Sep. 2026
Noun
And while European fans, and the Belgian soccer federation, are furious about the overturn, FIFA used this same protocol to allow Cristiano Ronaldo to play for Portugal. — Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 6 July 2026 Meanwhile, Mikeal Collins and Joshua Moses, who were leaving the rink near the scene of the incident, witnessed the truck overturn and subsequently pin Thompson underneath. — David Chiu, PEOPLE, 12 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for overturn
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overturn
  1. capsize
  2. veto
  3. overthrow
  4. upset
  5. override
  6. revolt
  7. collapse
  8. overruling
Verb
  • One man was killed and two people were hospitalized after their fishing boat struck rocks and capsized beneath the Golden Gate Bridge on Thursday, according to the Marin County Sheriff’s Office.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Thursday’s deadly boat crash comes two months after a Volare cabin cruiser capsized in the San Francisco Bay.
    — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of capsize
Noun
  • Wednesday is the deadline for the governor to sign or veto bills.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026
  • In his veto message Sunday, Newsom said the CSU and UC systems already have regularly scheduled meetings where the campus community can express themselves, rendering AB 2551’s open forums unnecessary.
    — Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of veto
Noun
  • This would eventually lead to the overthrow of the tsarist autocracy and the establishment of a constitutional monarchy.
    — James Folta, Literary Hub, 10 Sep. 2026
  • As far as an overthrow of the mullahs goes, well, that hasn’t worked out.
    — Daniel DePetris, Mercury News, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of overthrow
Verb
  • Cleveland used its rushing attack to upset Crenshaw on the road.
    — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2026
  • In April, Peruvians, upset by the sharpest monthly inflation spike in the country in more than 30 years, showed how economic anxiety can upend politics and open the door to populists.
    — DAN RESTREPO, Foreign Affairs, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of upset
Noun
  • This veto override scenario would require a special session be called because the legislative session has ended, and the Legislature has 60 days from Newsom’s veto to override it.
    — Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 24 Sep. 2026
  • In 2017, Alabama abolished judicial override and stopped allowing judges to change juries' sentencing decision in capital cases.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of override
Noun
  • Of these three films, The Uprising is admittedly the least heist-explicit; Paul Greengrass’s shaky cam mostly follows marching mobs lambasting the king and furious revolts against soldiers and tax collectors.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Advertisement By midsummer, the revolt reached its breaking point.
    — JP Mangalindan, Time, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of revolt
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  • Four American tourists died on Friday after a building collapsed due to a gas explosion in Athens, Greece, in a neighborhood near the Acropolis.
    — Carter Schroppe, The Washington Examiner, 27 Sep. 2026
  • The possibility -- even likelihood -- of some rickety old thing collapsing under me never occurred to me.
    — Bryan Hendricks, Arkansas Online, 27 Sep. 2026
Definition of collapse
Noun
  • The appropriate remedy is congressional overruling of the Marquette case so as to allow the states to regulate loans to their own citizens.
    — George Liebmann, Baltimore Sun, 11 Apr. 2026
  • In recent years, the court’s conservative majority overruling of major, longstanding precedents has become a defining feature of Roberts’ tenure.
    — Devin Dwyer, ABC News, 5 Oct. 2025
Definition of overruling

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“Overturn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overturn. Accessed 2 Oct. 2026.

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