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overthrowing

verb

present participle of overthrow
1
as in toppling

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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 workers picking up traffic control equipment were killed when an Amazon delivery vehicle collided with their truck and sent it toppling over a guardrail on I-95 in southeast Georgia, according to state investigators.
    — Asia Simone Burns, AJC.com, 16 Sep. 2026
  • And while some don’t want to wait that long to have the chance of toppling Infantino, the current FIFA boss does have some support swimming in the sea of objectors.
    — Amanda Davies, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of toppling
Verb
  • 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
  • The requirement was prompted by American Airlines Flight 1420 overrunning a runway at Little Rock National Airport in Arkansas in 1999, killing nine.
    — David Fischer, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of overrunning
Verb
  • 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
  • Letting the cake cool for 15 minutes before inverting gives it time to firm up while allowing the edges to contract slightly from the sides of the pan.
    — Martha Stewart, Martha Stewart, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of inverting
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  • The Jets established their new identity by overpowering Tennessee.
    — Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 20 Sep. 2026
  • Every mouthful has crunchy, tangy, creamy and spicy flavors without one overpowering the other.
    — Justin Brown, AJC.com, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of overpowering
Verb
  • Trump repeatedly attacked Warsh's predecessor, Jerome Powell, in harshly personal terms, upending decades of tradition in which presidents treated the Fed as independent.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Trump repeatedly attacked Warsh’s predecessor, Jerome Powell, in harshly personal terms, upending decades of tradition in which presidents treated the Fed as independent.
    — Christopher Rugaber, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of upending
Verb
  • On Thursday, the judge ordered the Kennedy Center to provide 30 days' notice before making any major physical changes to the building, including demolishing it.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 20 Sep. 2026
  • On Thursday, the judge ordered the Kennedy Center to provide 30 days’ notice before making any major physical changes to the building, including demolishing it.
    — Gary Fields, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of demolishing
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  • As well as overturning the 2024 standards, the EPA is proposing to roll back its authority to regulate climate pollution from power plants.
    — Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Kavanaugh wrote an opinion in 2012 overturning the terrorism conviction of a driver and bodyguard for Osama bin Laden.
    — Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of overturning
Verb
  • 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
  • Its original construction took years and involved razing an entire district of the city.
    — Benjamin Moser, Travel + Leisure, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of razing
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“Overthrowing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overthrowing. Accessed 26 Sep. 2026.

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