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Definition of overthrow verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

overthrow

verb

NAmE//ˌoʊvərˈθroʊ//

Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they overthrow

he / she / it overthrows

past simple overthrew

past participle overthrown

-ing form overthrowing

overthrow somebody/something to remove a leader or a government from a position of power by force The president was overthrown in a military coup.

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