Crossword-Solution: OVERTHROW
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Overthrow | v. t. | To throw over; to overturn; to upset; to turn upside down. |
| Overthrow | v. t. | To cause to fall or to fail; to subvert; to defeat; to make a ruin of; to destroy. |
| Overthrow | n. | The act of overthrowing; the state of being overthrow; ruin. |
| Overthrow | n. | The act of throwing a ball too high, as over a player's head. |
| Overthrow | n. | A faulty return of the ball by a fielder, so that the striker makes an additional run. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| OVERTHROW | anagram | THROWOVER |
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Sentences with OVERTHROW (5)
The hot water from the Martian’s overthrow drifted downstream with me, so that for the best part of a mile I could see little of either bank.
But no time was then For long indulgence to their fears or grief: 110 Unanimous they all commit the care And management of this man enterprise To him, their great Dictator, whose attempt At first against mankind so well had thrived In Adam’s overthrow, and led their march From Hell’s deep-vaulted den to dwell in light, Regents, and potentates, and kings, yea gods, Of many a pleasant realm and province wide.
The immediate aim of the Communist is the same as that of all the other proletarian parties: formation of the proletariat into a class, overthrow of the bourgeois supremacy, conquest of political power by the proletariat.
None of them was able to suppress the revolt and to overthrow the republic which had been established in Haiti.
For, as his presence interrupted the discourse between the lady and her favourite attendant upon the gallantry and fate of Wilfred, Elgitha failed not to revenge both her mistress and herself, by recurring to the overthrow of Athelstane in the lists, the most disagreeable subject which could greet the ears of Cedric.
Quotes with OVERTHROW (3)
Actual happiness always looks pretty squalid in comparison with the overcompensations for misery. And, of course, stability isn't nearly so spectacular as instability. And being contented has none of the glamour of a good fight against misfortune, none of the picturesqueness of a struggle with temptation, or a fatal overthrow by passion or doubt. Happiness is never grand.
Because of the earth’s roundness, Genghis Khan, in the fever of possession and destruction, hastened his own overthrow by invading lands that he had already razed and conquered. Not only is it impossible to know from where we come, but also from whom we come: nothing in common, in any case, with those who pass for being the “authors of our days” — which days? Better to invent a genealogy based on pure whim and the leanings of our hearts, but what if they don’t agree?
The way you react in times of challenges will determine whether your challenges will weigh you down, or you will overthrow them.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: CrosSynergy, NYT.
Used 2 times in crossword archives (1998–2014).