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
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  • At least 13 people have been confirmed killed in the aftermath of a major earthquake that struck Japan on July 28, toppling buildings and trapping workers in a shopping mall.
    — Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 29 July 2026
  • Together, the generals staged another coup in 2021, toppling the interim civilian government that had been in power after the fall of Bashir.
    — Chris Massaro, FOXNews.com, 29 July 2026
Definition of toppling
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  • These immigrants, mostly undocumented, are blamed for rampant crime, taking jobs and overrunning hospital wards and places in government schools.
    — Paul Tilsley, FOXNews.com, 26 July 2026
  • Residents have fiercely protested against the deployment of Flock cameras, overrunning town meetings.
    — Frank Landymore, Futurism, 9 July 2026
Definition of overrunning
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  • The eminently Instagrammable viral burns of the protesters were deliberate, taking apart and inverting each element of Modi’s political brand.
    — Asim Ali, Time, 1 Aug. 2026
  • But there’s a point at which an act of service risks inverting into a selfish act.
    — Marc Weingarten, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2026
Definition of inverting
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  • But his mental anguish is upsetting the balance of his cross-species DNA, first with paralyzing headaches and gradually with an internal battle as his arachnid side starts overpowering his human side.
    — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 28 July 2026
  • Tonal espresso and tan hues let the nude flower design take center stage without overpowering the design.
    — Amanda Le, InStyle, 26 July 2026
Definition of overpowering
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  • The iPhone maker sued OpenAI and its hardware chief in July, upending a relationship between two companies that worked together as partners in recent years.
    — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 4 Aug. 2026
  • But that was before the data center boom came to Georgia, upending development norms.
    — Zachary Hansen, AJC.com, 28 July 2026
Definition of upending
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  • Despite being identified decades ago, the exact trigger of the joint-demolishing condition is still unclear.
    — Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 31 July 2026
  • At least one person was arrested for trespassing in connection with an earlier protest to stop contractors from demolishing the other trees.
    — Michael Loria, USA Today, 30 July 2026
Definition of demolishing
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  • The court delivered on a long-term goal of the conservative legal movement, overturning a 90-year precedent that had limited the ability of presidents to fire leaders of agencies that Congress designed to be independent.
    — Emily R. Condon, USA Today, 30 July 2026
  • In June, 2025, the Israelis conducted an extended assault that appeared partly aimed at overturning the Iranian government.
    — David D. Kirkpatrick, New Yorker, 20 July 2026
Definition of overturning
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  • In March, Nebraska’s Morrill Fire tore through 642,000 acres to become the largest in state history, killing one person and razing vast stretches of cattle country.
    — Martin Goillandeau, CNN Money, 2 Aug. 2026
  • By the late 1980s, McAuley’s days clearly were numbered, as the DuPage County Airport Authority, in the midst of a major expansion, began buying and razing most of the remaining homes in the McAuley district.
    — Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 20 July 2026
Definition of razing
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