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1. Oxford American Dictionary

   overthrow

   • v.
     remove forcibly from power；put an end to (something), typically by the use of force or violence
   • n.
     a removal from power; a defeat or downfall；(in baseball and other games) a throw that sends a ball past its intended recipient or target.

   • verb: overthrow, 3rd person present: overthrows, gerund or present participle: overthrowing, past tense: overthrew, past participle: overthrown

   • noun: overthrow, plural noun: overthrows

2. • 釋義

   v.

   動詞

   • 1. remove forcibly from power military coups which had attempted to overthrow the King 同義詞 remove (from office/power), bring down, bring about the downfall of, topple, bring low, ... 更多undo, depose, oust, displace, supplant, unseat, subvert, dethrone, disestablish, dissolve, informaldefenestrate, put an end to, defeat, conquer, displace, break up, subvert, annihilate, dissolve
   • ▪ put an end to (something), typically by the use of force or violence their subversive activities are calculated to overthrow parliamentary democracy
   • ▪ archaic knock or throw to the ground one who is already prostrate cannot be overthrown
   • 2. throw (a ball) further or harder than intended he grips the ball too tight and overthrows it
   • ▪ North American throw a ball beyond (a receiving player) he overthrew a receiver in the end zone

   n.

   名詞

   • 1. a removal from power; a defeat or downfall the speeches called for the overthrow of the monarchy 同義詞 removal (from office/power), downfall, fall, collapse, toppling, ... 更多undoing, deposition, ousting, displacement, supplanting, unseating, subversion, dethronement, disestablishment, dissolution, informaldefenestration, ending, defeat, displacement, fall, rout, collapse, downfall, demise, breakup, subversion, annihilation, dissolution
   • 2. (in baseball and other games) a throw that sends a ball past its intended recipient or target.
   • 3. a panel of decorated wrought-iron work above an arch or gateway.