OVERTHROWING Synonyms: 76 Similar and Opposite Words

overthrowing

verb

present participle of overthrow

as in toppling

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as in overrunning

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That’s why 1,873,910 pounds of ballast were added to keep the construction equipment from toppling over.

— Caleb Jacobs, The Drive, 6 Nov. 2026
Washington follows this pattern of behavior because sanctions alone rarely—if ever—make a problem disappear, such as by toppling the government responsible.

— S. C. M. Paine, Foreign Affairs, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of toppling

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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

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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 opera features some very low instrumentation that the FlyBuds C3 bring out audibly without overpowering other voices and instruments.

— Mark Knapp, PC Magazine, 5 Nov. 2026
But the finishing touch that really sealed the deal was a delicate black east-west bag that added the right amount of sophistication without overpowering her outfit.

— Vivien Lee, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2026

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In a time when peers such as the New York Dolls and Velvet Underground were upending rock and roll with glamour and arty disaffection, Television fulfilled the genre’s promises of both swaggering virtuosity and restless reinvention.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 8 Nov. 2026
Jason Mast with another insightful look at how China’s policies are upending the global biotech industry.

— O. Rose Broderick, STAT, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of upending

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The row of storefronts between Chili’s and the Apple Cinema has numerous vacancies, and in the spring of 2025 a developer proposed demolishing part of the retail space for large apartment complex.

— Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 10 Nov. 2026
Trump has focused extensively on White House renovations, including supergluing gold decorations himself in the Oval Office and demolishing the East Wing to make room for the ballroom, the New York Times reported.

— Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 10 Nov. 2026

Definition of demolishing

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Raskin says that impeaching a Cabinet secretary would be less likely to consume Congress's agenda or raise the same concerns about overturning the result of a presidential election.

— Nik Popli, Time, 2 Nov. 2026
The questions range from potentially overturning gun laws to repealing the legalization of marijuana to eliminating political party primaries.

— Digital Producer, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of overturning

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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

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