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overturn
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[ verb ] turn from an upright or normal position
Examples "The big vase overturned" "The canoe tumped over" Used in print (The Atlanta Constitution...)An auto overturned , skidding into a stopped tractor-trailer and burst into flames near Snellville , the patrol said . |
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[ verb ] cause to overturn from an upright or normal position
Examples "The cat knocked over the flower vase" "the clumsy customer turned over the vase" "he tumped over his beer" Used in print (Ann Ritner, Seize a Nettle....)Eugenia suspected her of deliberately overturning the heater because she was getting tired of dragging it back_and_forth and still wanted her own way , but Hope said if Grandma would n't have the heater nobody would have it , so Grandma had to give_in . |
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[ verb ] rule against
Examples "The Republicans were overruled when the House voted on the bill" Used in print (U.S. Reports. Volume 364. Cases Adjudged in the...)As was said in Gonzales , `` it is the Appeal_Board which renders the selective_service determination considered ' final ' in the courts , not to be overturned unless there is no basis in fact . |
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[ verb ] (politics) cause the downfall of; of rulers
Synonyms Examples "The Czar was overthrown" "subvert the ruling class" Related terms |
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[ verb ] annul by recalling or rescinding
Examples "He revoked the ban on smoking" "lift an embargo" "vacate a death sentence" Related terms cancel renege reverse abrogation reversal vacation revocation |
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[ verb ] change radically
Synonyms Examples "E-mail revolutionized communication in academe" Related terms |
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