OVERTHROWING Synonyms: 76 Similar and Opposite Words

overthrowing

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present participle of overthrow

as in toppling

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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