overthrow

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈəʊvəθɹəʊ/
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• General-American: /ˈoʊvɚˌθɹoʊ/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /əʊvəˈθɹəʊ/
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• General-American: /ˌoʊvɚˈθɹoʊ/
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• rhymes with -əʊ
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• CMU ARPABET: OW1 V ER0 TH R OW2 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English overthrowen, equivalent to over- + throw. Compare Dutch overdraaien, German überdrehen, Old English oferweorpan (“to overthrow”). For the noun sense, compare Middle English overthrow, overthrowe (“destruction, downfall”), from the verb.

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English throw English overthrow From over- + throw.

97 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: տապալում (tapalum) — removal by force or threat of force
• Azerbaijani: devirmə — removal by force or threat of force
• Bulgarian: преврат (prevrat) — removal by force or threat of force
• Georgian: გადატრიალება (gadaṭrialeba) — removal by force or threat of force
• German: Umsturz — removal by force or threat of force
• Greek: ανατροπή (anatropí) — removal by force or threat of force
• Ancient Greek: καταστροφή (katastrophḗ) — removal by force or threat of force
• Latin: stragēs — removal by force or threat of force
• Latin: subversiō — removal by force or threat of force
• Māori: whakatakahurihanga — removal by force or threat of force
• Russian: сверже́ние (sveržénije) — removal by force or threat of force
• Serbo-Croatian: svrgnuće — removal by force or threat of force
• Serbo-Croatian: prevrat — removal by force or threat of force
• Spanish: derrocamiento — removal by force or threat of force
• Spanish: deposición — removal by force or threat of force
• Ukrainian: скида́ння (skydánnja) — removal by force or threat of force
• Ukrainian: ски́нення (skýnennja) — removal by force or threat of force
• Albanian: përmbys — to bring about the downfall of
• Albanian: mujt (gheg) — to bring about the downfall of
• Arabic: أَطَاحَ (ʔaṭāḥa) — to bring about the downfall of
• Arabic: طيّح (ṭayyaḥ) — to bring about the downfall of
• Armenian: տապալել (tapalel) — to bring about the downfall of
• Armenian: կործանել (korcanel) — to bring about the downfall of
• Azerbaijani: devirmək — to bring about the downfall of
• Belarusian: скіда́ць (skidácʹ) — to bring about the downfall of
• Belarusian: скі́нуць (skínucʹ) — to bring about the downfall of
• Belarusian: звярга́ць (zvjarhácʹ) — to bring about the downfall of
• Belarusian: звергнуць (zvjerhnucʹ) — to bring about the downfall of
• Belarusian: зрына́ць (zrynácʹ) — to bring about the downfall of
• Belarusian: зры́нуць (zrýnucʹ) — to bring about the downfall of
• Bulgarian: събарям (sǎbarjam) — to bring about the downfall of
• Chinese Mandarin: 推翻 (tuīfān) — to bring about the downfall of
• Chinese Mandarin: 打翻 (dǎfān) — to bring about the downfall of
• Dutch: omverwerpen — to bring about the downfall of
• Egyptian: w-d:n-Z9:D40 (wdn) — to bring about the downfall of
• Esperanto: faligi — to bring about the downfall of
• Finnish: kaataa — to bring about the downfall of
• French: renverser — to bring about the downfall of
• French: déposer — to bring about the downfall of
• Galician: derrocar — to bring about the downfall of
• German: stürzen — to bring about the downfall of
• German: umstürzen — to bring about the downfall of
• Greek: ανατρέπω (anatrépo) — to bring about the downfall of
• Ancient Greek: καταστρέφω (katastréphō) — to bring about the downfall of
• Hungarian: megdönt — to bring about the downfall of
• Indonesian: kudeta — to bring about the downfall of
• Italian: deporre — to bring about the downfall of
• Italian: rovesciare — to bring about the downfall of
• Japanese: 滅ぼす (horobosu) — to bring about the downfall of
• Japanese: 転覆する (tenpuku-suru) — to bring about the downfall of
• Korean: 전복(顚覆)하다 (jeonbokhada) — to bring about the downfall of
• Korean: 무너뜨리다 (muneotteurida) — to bring about the downfall of
• Latin: subvertō — to bring about the downfall of
• Latvian: nogāzt — to bring about the downfall of
• Lithuanian: nuversti — to bring about the downfall of
• Malay: guling — to bring about the downfall of
• Māori: taupoki — to bring about the downfall of
• Māori: whakatakahuri — to bring about the downfall of
• Māori: whakataupoki — to bring about the downfall of
• Māori: whakataka — to bring about the downfall of
• Māori: turaki — to bring about the downfall of
• Māori: kōkeke — to bring about the downfall of
• Middle English: translaten — to bring about the downfall of
• Middle English: werpen — to bring about the downfall of
• Nahuatl: tepeua — to bring about the downfall of
• Nahuatl: tequiua — to bring about the downfall of
• Old English: tōweorpan — to bring about the downfall of
• Pannonian Rusyn: звалїц (zvaljic) — to bring about the downfall of
• Pannonian Rusyn: валяц (valjac) — to bring about the downfall of
• Persian: سرنگون کردن (sarnegun kardan) — to bring about the downfall of
• Persian: برانداختن (barândâxtan) — to bring about the downfall of
• Polish: obalać — to bring about the downfall of
• Polish: powalać — to bring about the downfall of
• Polish: powalić — to bring about the downfall of
• Portuguese: derrocar — to bring about the downfall of
• Portuguese: derrubar — to bring about the downfall of
• Portuguese: depor — to bring about the downfall of
• Portuguese: golpe de estado — to bring about the downfall of
• Russian: сверга́ть (svergátʹ) — to bring about the downfall of
• Russian: све́ргнуть (svérgnutʹ) — to bring about the downfall of
• Serbo-Croatian: свргнути — to bring about the downfall of
• Serbo-Croatian: срушити — to bring about the downfall of
• Serbo-Croatian: svrgnuti — to bring about the downfall of
• Serbo-Croatian: srušiti — to bring about the downfall of
• Spanish: derrocar — to bring about the downfall of
• Spanish: derribar — to bring about the downfall of
• Swahili: angusha — to bring about the downfall of
• Swedish: störta — to bring about the downfall of
• Thai: โค่น (kôon) — to bring about the downfall of
• Ukrainian: скида́ти (skydáty) — to bring about the downfall of
• Ukrainian: ски́нути (skýnuty) — to bring about the downfall of
• Vietnamese: lật đổ — to bring about the downfall of
• Walloon: stårer — to bring about the downfall of
• German: umwerfen — to throw down to the ground
• Polish: obalić — to throw down to the ground
• Polish: powalić — to throw down to the ground
• Bulgarian: надхвърлям (nadhvǎrljam) — to throw (something) so that it goes too far