overthrowing

verb

present participle of overthrow
1
as in toppling

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2
as in overrunning

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overthrowing
  1. toppling
  2. overrunning
  3. inverting
  4. overpowering
  5. upending
  6. demolishing
  7. overturning
  8. razing
Verb
  • Two width-adjustable feet with a groove at the bottom help to secure it on a surface, while a third, upright arm prevents the tablet from toppling over.
    — BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Each system is tested to failure, which means damaging the structure beyond repair or toppling it.
    — Daniel Wolfe, Miami Herald, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of toppling
Verb
  • Bots are overrunning the web, with some executives forecasting a world in which autonomous traffic outnumbers human internet searchers 1,000-to-1.
    — Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 6 Oct. 2026
  • While the cause of Sunday’s crash is still under investigation, Miami International Airport lacks a key safety feature that might have prevented the aircraft from overrunning the airport property and reaching a roadway, aviation experts said.
    — Maria Aguilar Prieto, CNN Money, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of overrunning
Verb
  • The outfit played with the classic pattern by varying the size of the dots and inverting the color scheme.
    — Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Digital exports are becoming national strategy across the developing world, and competition among nations is inverting—from offering the cheapest hours to cultivating the most AI-fluent minds.
    — Hammad Ali Nasir, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of inverting
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  • This kind of overbearing, overpowering, the cities dominating the people, the slightly retro feel of it.
    — Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 20 Oct. 2026
  • It’s bottled at a high 63 percent ABV, but the heat is controlled and never overpowering.
    — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of overpowering
Verb
  • Saudi Ministry of Media | Reuters Deadly attacks on Saudi Arabia's second-busiest airport over the past week are highlighting how conflicts in the Middle East are upending air travel on a larger scale.
    — Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Adrift Buendía Estudios Canarias, Boomerang TV, Atresmedia Five fishermen, who are presumed dead, return home two years later, upending the lives their wives had rebuilt without them.
    — Emiliano de Pablos, Variety, 11 Oct. 2026
Definition of upending
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  • Following the attack, the Israeli military began forcing Palestinian families to leave their homes in parts of the city as forces began demolishing homes and businesses.
    — Oren Liebermann, CNN Money, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Photographs from Hebron showed Israeli bulldozers demolishing at least one Palestinian building.
    — Chantal Da Silva, NBC news, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of demolishing
Verb
  • Industry experts project that overturning the Roadless Rule could lead to a five to ten percent boost in federal timber sales.
    — Kirk Siegler, NPR, 26 Oct. 2026
  • For instance, the measure would prevent courts from overturning approvals of qualifying projects because of CEQA violations.
    — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of overturning
Verb
  • Coming in 2030 will be a proud fusion of iconic Kansas City brands and institutions, enabled by a partnership with Hallmark that starts with razing its headquarters to accommodate the stadium district footprint.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 17 Oct. 2026
  • In the course of three weeks, Israeli soldiers destroyed much of the area, razing schools and mosques and commandeering buildings for use as military posts.
    — Ruth Margalit, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of razing
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