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overturn

— verb turn from an upright or normal position The big vase overturned The canoe tumped over — verb (= turn over, knock over) cause to overturn from an upright or normal position The cat knocked over the flower vase the clumsy customer turned over the vase he tumped over his beer — verb (= overrule) rule against The Republicans were overruled when the House voted on the bill — noun (= upset) an improbable and unexpected victory the biggest upset since David beat Goliath — noun (= upset) the act of upsetting something he was badly bruised by the upset of his sled at a high speed — verb (= revolutionize, revolutionise) change radically E-mail revolutionized communication in academe — verb (= overthrow, subvert) cause the downfall of; of rulers The Czar was overthrown subvert the ruling class — verb (= revoke, lift, vacate) cancel officially He revoked the ban on smoking lift an embargo vacate a death sentence

Synonyms overturn synonyms

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Conjugation overturn conjugation

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overturn · verb

Examples overturn examples

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Run! Overturn all obstacles!
An abject confession by my son that the Kaiser plotted with him to overturn the constitution and destroy me!
A half grown steer and a leggy girl will not be allowed to overturn the policies of State.
Lautner has not managed to overturn their testimony.
I really understand how you feel, but until you prove your husband's innocence, I'm in no place to overturn my predecessor's decision.
Did you overturn this yourself?
Lean over, lean over, quickly to the left, c'mon, quickly, quickly so we don't overturn!
You used the testimony of a paranoid schizophrenic. to overturn a murder conviction. that's withstood challenge for over eight years.
Overturn British Hong Kong!
Hurray to the classless society! Overturn British Hong Kong! - Return us to our brethren and freedom!
We're gonna need signatures to overturn the ballot. I can supply those.
I want to overturn this centuries-old model.
I wonder where the gig - will overturn today?
I confess. to taking part in a conspiracy. to overturn your government.
Overturn all obstacles!
If only something could overturn public opinion and change people's ideas and consciences.
It's a small unit profit, but a tremendous overturn.
I would be equally derelict if I simply allowed something like this to pass. and forced the appellate court to overturn a conviction. that was based on that evidence or procedure.
When you drink it up, overturn the cup away from you onto the saucer.
He caused a lorry to overturn.
One, to reduce my sentence, two, to overturn the conviction and we're going for a presidential pardon.
We're gonna need signatures to overturn the ballot.
I confess to taking part in a conspiracy to overturn your government.
Nothing presented here would warrant an appeals court to overturn that verdict.
Try not to overturn the furniture.
The lawyer says judge might overturn on a technicality.
No, there's no word, but if they do overturn Ritter, we don't want to be caught sitting on our hands, okay?
We'll need signatures to overturn the ballot.
He would have filed a post-conviction appeal. or the appropriate motion, seeking to overturn between nine and 12 years ago. - We I.D.'d the body from which the tongue was removed-- an ex-Seattle police officer.
You agreed to the present arrangement as part of the divorce decree, and unless there is a compelling reason, no judge is gonna overturn the original order.
We overturn this crate and install it up here.
Walken does anything by executive order, we overturn it when we're back.
Tomorrow night I'll come to you with a plan to overturn the Resurrection and reinstate the destruction.
You really think you can overturn the verdict?
I can't overturn the military's decision.
He has no guts to overturn the game.

News and current affairs

Europe must work--promptly--to overturn Ibrahim's conviction.
His aim is to overturn the country's political establishment and upset the European Union by taking Italy out of the euro.
The real question is whether an uncertain electorate is prepared to defend democratic constitutions if an extremist who wins by a hair tries to overturn it and usher in a new era of tyranny.
Instead, he loathes the political system and wants to overturn and replace it with a nothingness in which feral politicians run amuck.
As the example of Saddam Hussein teaches us anew, to overturn a monument is easier than to try a dictator.
In 1999, the government sought and received the Beijing government's direct intervention to overturn a decision by Hong Kong's Court of Final Appeals on an immigration issue because the verdict did not please the government.
Henry VIII was willing to execute two wives and overturn Christendom in pursuit of a son.
These attempts failed, and neuroscientific pursuits seem similarly unlikely to overturn our views on human free will and responsibility.
Two key documents used to overturn his conviction for rape and robbery had been forged. Moreover, the signature of the judge in his case was also forged.
Indeed, the party's agenda remains laden with proposals to reverse or overturn Obama's achievements.
MADRID - For some countries, military or political defeat is so intolerable, so humiliating, that they will do whatever it takes to overturn what they view as an unjust international order.
Two key documents used to overturn his conviction for rape and robbery had been forged.
But it is the House Republicans' move to overturn Obama's executive actions on immigration reform - which would shield as many as five million undocumented immigrants from deportation - that has turned into the biggest headache for party leaders.

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