overthrow

OVERTHROW, verb transitive [See Throw.]1. To turn upside down.His wife overthrew the table.2. To throw down.3. To ruin; to demolish.When the walls of Thebes he overthrew.4. To defeat; to conquer; to vanquish; as, to overthrow an army or an enemy.5. To subvert; to destroy; as, to overthrow the constitution or state; to overthrow religion.O'VERTHROW, noun 1. The state of being overturned or turned off the basis.2. Ruin; destruction; as the overthrow of the state.3. Defeat; discomfiture; as the overthrow of enemies.4. Degradation