overthrew

verb

past tense of overthrow
1
as in toppled

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2
as in overran

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overthrew
  1. toppled
  2. overran
  3. upended
  4. overpowered
  5. inverted
  6. overwhelmed
  7. overturned
  8. razed
Verb
  • Jersey Mike’s recently toppled Chick-fil-A in the 2026 study, although Chick-fil-A’s score was unchanged from a year ago.
    — Amelia Lucas, CNBC, 4 Oct. 2026
  • The tent is still at capacity, only one cake has toppled over, and the viewing public is still sizing up the show’s newest judge, Nigella Lawson.
    — Wilder Davies, Bon Appetit Magazine, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of toppled
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  • Five people were killed when the Boeing 767, operated by all-cargo carrier 21Air, overran the runway at Miami International Airport on September 6, striking multiple vehicles, catching fire and sending a thick black plume of smoke into the air.
    — Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2026
  • The Houthis have a long-running animus against the Saudis, which began in 2015, months after the Houthis overran the Yemeni capital of Sanaa in 2014.
    — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2026
Definition of overran
Verb
  • The changing politics of immigration have also upended support for religious refugees.
    — Matthew Schmitz, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Major scandals involving Petrobras, the state oil company, and construction giants financed by the national development bank BNDES upended large deals that Brazil had secured across Latin America.
    — MATIAS SPEKTOR, Foreign Affairs, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of upended
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  • This perception of threat, intertwined with a harsh interpretation of religious morality, dominated 17th-century life, with the optimistic, protective and compassionate aspects of Christianity often overpowered by fear and a desire to judge.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026
  • The Bison will welcome the week off after being overpowered the Panthers in the first meeting between the two Pennsylvania schools — Bucknell is in Lewisburg, about a 3 1/2-hour drive east from Pittsburgh — since 1945.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 26 Sep. 2026
Definition of overpowered
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  • The aides arranged press junkets, invented sources, and planted stories that brazenly inverted popular views.
    — Ruth Margalit, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2026
  • To-go containers were stored with the food contact surface facing up; containers were inverted.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of inverted
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  • To avoid the pitfalls of apps like Tinder and Hinge—where women are vastly outnumbered by men and are therefore overwhelmed by choice while men receive very few matches—FirstDate uses a Nobel Prize-winning matching theory algorithm.
    — Jim Edwards, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2026
  • The Gophers' defense overwhelmed Michigan's offense and quarterback Bryce Underwood Saturday.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of overwhelmed
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  • When a call is overturned, Baseball Savant measures the difference in run expectancy between the situation before the pitch/challenge and the situation after the call is flipped.
    — Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026
  • The driver of a semitractor-trailer that overturned early Wednesday in Olathe died in the crash, according to the Kansas Highway Patrol.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of overturned
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  • Castles and stately homes were blown up, towns put under siege and their walls razed, churches stripped.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026
  • The downtown area off Gratiot has seen a significant amount of demolition in recent months, including the old 13-story Wayne County Division 1 jail that was razed over the summer and the county's former Division 2 jail that came down late last year.
    — JC Reindl, Freep.com, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of razed
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