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
  • Statue toppling riots… and the very real possibility of death.
    — Rund Abdelfatah, NPR, 2 July 2026
  • Star point guard Tyrese Haliburton missed the entire 2025-26 campaign to recover from a torn Achilles, but the Pacers were one game away from toppling the Oklahoma City Thunder and winning the 2024-25 championship before Haliburton got hurt.
    — Bryan Toporek, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
Definition of toppling
Verb
  • Residents have fiercely protested against the deployment of Flock cameras, overrunning town meetings.
    — Frank Landymore, Futurism, 9 July 2026
  • The 13-day siege ended with Mexican troops overrunning the Texian defenders, a loss that became a rallying cry for the Texas Revolution.
    — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 5 July 2026
Definition of overrunning
Verb
  • That balance is now inverting, and the shift is a signal of a maturing industry.
    — Mike Cahill, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
  • Windsor-Smith’s storytelling shifted the typical narrative responsibility of text onto the imagery, inverting the usual comic book reading experience.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 June 2026
Definition of inverting
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  • Plus, its subtle scent is refreshing rather than overpowering.
    — Sara Coughlin, Allure, 9 July 2026
  • Eaten right out of the bag, the vinegar hit in this extra-sour bread is overpowering, but the flavor is tamed when it’s toasted.
    — Jolene Thym, Mercury News, 6 July 2026
Definition of overpowering
Verb
  • Moreover, Iran alienated several of its neighbors in the Gulf by launching retaliatory attacks against them and upending regional trade through the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.
    — Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 3 July 2026
  • Investors’ fears of Anthropic’s Mythos model, which was launched in April, upending all cybersecurity software businesses, have since subsided.
    — Kirk Ogunrinde, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
Definition of upending
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  • Djokovic put in a masterful performance against a player who had gone in as many people’s favorite after demolishing the champion of two years earlier, Andy Murray, in the semifinals.
    — Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 5 July 2026
  • The redevelopment plan involves demolishing a section of the existing shopping center to accommodate a new 47,000-square-foot Publix grocery store.
    — Catherine Muccigrosso July 1, Charlotte Observer, 1 July 2026
Definition of demolishing
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  • More than 160 years earlier, Galileo's telescopic observations had revealed mountains, valleys, and craters on the lunar surface, overturning the ancient notion that heavenly bodies were perfect spheres.
    — Stefanie Waldek, Space.com, 2 July 2026
  • The ruling is the latest in a series of Supreme Court decisions that have loosened campaign finance restrictions, overturning a 2001 precedent that upheld the spending limits.
    — Michel Martin, NPR, 1 July 2026
Definition of overturning
Verb
  • In recent weeks, Lebanon proved to be a particularly sensitive flashpoint, with Israel continuing attacks in southern Lebanon and its ground troops razing towns and villages.
    — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2026
  • The historic designation effectively saved the building from demolition, but only for three years, at which point the brothers were no longer bound by any restrictions on razing the home to the ground.
    — Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 3 June 2026
Definition of razing
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