OVERTURN Synonyms: 143 Similar and Opposite Words

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verb

ˌō-vər-ˈtərn

Definition of overturn

as in to capsize

to turn on one's side or upside down afraid that my kayak would overturn

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overturn

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noun

as in veto

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Recent Examples of overturn

Verb

The appeals court overturned that ruling on jurisdictional grounds but did not order Mahdawi to be taken back into custody. — Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 21 July 2026 According to state police, the bike then overturned, throwing the rider into a metal beam guardrail in the left shoulder. — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 20 July 2026

Noun

The suit seeks court damages and the overturn of the commission’s ruling. — Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 19 Apr. 2026 Suarez wound up retiring nine straight batters after that replay overturn, and 22 of the next 23 between the first and eighth innings. — Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 18 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for overturn

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Officials have identified another victim after a 49-foot cabin cruiser capsized in the San Francisco Bay on July 14, leaving a 79-year-old man dead and three people missing.

— Paris Barraza, USA Today, 17 July 2026
The body discovered Thursday floating near Treasure Island has been identified as one of the three people still missing after a boat capsized earlier this week in the San Francisco Bay.

— Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 17 July 2026

Definition of capsize

Noun

Passed on a unanimous tally of 49-0 (two members missed the roll call) means a Mamdani veto would have zero chance of being sustained.

— New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 17 July 2026
As a 10-year veteran who has played the past five consecutive years with the same team, Lindor holds veto power over any potential trade.

— Will Sammon, New York Times, 17 July 2026

Definition of veto

Noun

Since the 2011 overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi, Libya has remained de facto split between competing political and military centers of power.

— Lauren Morganbesser, semafor.com, 14 July 2026
January's was the deadliest, when security forces killed thousands to crush nationwide demonstrations that started over economic woes and then snowballed into calls for Khamenei's overthrow.

— ABC News, ABC News, 9 July 2026

Definition of overthrow

Verb

Poseidon, upset that Odysseus blinded his son, the Cyclops Polyphemus, decides to make his return home difficult and long and wet.

— Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 17 July 2026
Experts now say the move could upset a steady flow of footwear sourcing from the country, which has become a critical supplier of leather shoes to the United States market.

— Kate Nishimura, Footwear News, 17 July 2026

Definition of upset

Noun

People still decide which customer takes priority, who approves the purchase and when an override is justified.

— Robert Kramer, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
Republican leaders in the House and Senate failed to muster the votes to enact the bill into law over Kelly’s veto, and no override attempt was made.

— Matthew Kelly Updated June 25, Kansas City Star, 25 June 2026

Definition of override

Noun

Andrew Garfield trades modern superheroes for medieval revolution in the trailer for The Uprising, Paul Greengrass’ historical drama inspired by England’s 1381 peasant revolt.

— Sophie Miller, Rolling Stone, 16 July 2026
See The Sight Of John Brown's Raid Near the rivers sits the original armory guard house, where in 1859, abolitionist John Brown led a legendary but ultimately unsuccessful slave revolt.

— Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 11 July 2026

Definition of revolt

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Chuanjun warned that heavy rain and extreme weather conditions could put additional areas alongside the mountain near the initial landslide at risk of collapsing.

— Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 19 July 2026
By the time his candidacy collapsed, the time required to mount an effective alternative had largely disappeared.

— Michael Sonnenfeldt, Fortune, 19 July 2026

Definition of collapse

Noun

The appropriate remedy is congressional overruling of the Marquette case so as to allow the states to regulate loans to their own citizens.

— George Liebmann, Baltimore Sun, 11 Apr. 2026
In recent years, the court’s conservative majority overruling of major, longstanding precedents has become a defining feature of Roberts’ tenure.

— Devin Dwyer, ABC News, 5 Oct. 2025

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