overthrows 1 of 2

noun

plural of overthrow
as in defeats
failure to win a contest the surprising overthrow of the world's top-ranked chess player

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overthrows

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verb

present tense third-person singular of overthrow
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as in topples

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as in overwhelms

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Recent Examples of overthrows
Noun
New York made four errors on the evening, including two overthrows that led to multiple free bases on the same play. — Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Aug. 2025 Fields, who went 7-of-11 on the day, had a few overthrows on plays that likely were sacks. — Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overthrows
  1. defeats
  2. topples
  3. overwhelms
  4. losses
  5. inverts
  6. overpowers
  7. setbacks
  8. upends
Noun
  • Those earlier playoff defeats were entirely deserved, because the salary cap had chipped away at the roster and the Lightning were a lesser team.
    — Scott Turick, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 July 2026
  • Heavy defeats in key areas would further dilute the ANC’s power.
    — Tiisetso Motsoeneng, semafor.com, 8 July 2026
Definition of defeats
Verb
  • In 2003 the United States topples Hussein and delivers him to his executioners.
    — Ta-Nehisi Coates, Vanity Fair, 15 June 2026
  • Byron Nelson topples Guyer, evens series Byron Nelson defeated Denton Guyer 2-1 to even the two squads’ Class 6A Division II regional final series at Byron Nelson High School.
    — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 May 2026
Definition of topples
Verb
  • Furniture that is too large for a room overwhelms it; ensure your furniture is appropriate for your room size and the other pieces in that room.
    — Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 11 July 2026
  • The visual storytelling is matched by clear, engaging prose that never overwhelms the images.
    — Rebecca Coffey, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
Definition of overwhelms
Noun
  • Monday’s game will be the Sparks’ first contest since consecutive blowout losses, 125-97 to Toronto on June 25 and 111-87 to Indiana on June 27.
    — John W. Davis, Oc Register, 5 July 2026
  • The Sox found a way to bounce back after back-to-back walk-off losses.
    — LaMond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026
Definition of losses
Verb
  • More specifically, the argument that tracking demographic data produces discrimination inverts the established purpose of the EEO-1.
    — Maia Niguel Hoskin, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
  • Fear-buying follows a distinct economic logic that inverts the conventional relationship between anxiety and spending.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 24 June 2026
Definition of inverts
Verb
  • Kara ultimately overpowers Krem and secures the antidote in time to save Krypto, but the emotional climax belongs to Ruthye.
    — Lily Brown, PEOPLE, 26 June 2026
  • Go for a subtle scent that catches in the breeze rather than overpowers the senses.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 9 May 2026
Definition of overpowers
Noun
  • Shein will publicly list in Hong Kong after finally receiving Beijing’s approval, deepening its Chinese roots following global setbacks.
    — Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 14 July 2026
  • Trump’s renovation of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool has also been met with a series of setbacks.
    — Tiago Ventura, Time, 14 July 2026
Definition of setbacks
Verb
  • Lucien Laviscount enters the scene and steams it up as Hot Guy who fandangoes with Laila and then upends the apple cart later on.
    — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 9 July 2026
  • The cargo project is a trial—like many other humanoid experiments—but the fact that Chinese machines have penetrated so far into Japan’s ecosystem upends a long history.
    — Tim Hornyak, IEEE Spectrum, 4 July 2026
Definition of upends

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