overturn (verb)

  • 41topple — verb a) to push, throw over, overturn or overthrow something b) to totter and fall, or to lean as if about to do so …

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  • 42upsot — verb a) upset (a 19th century contrivance to add rhyme and wit. Found in the lyrics of Jingle Bells ). A cart of goods, newly bought b) To tip or overturn (something) …

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  • 43fight back — verb a) to defend oneself by fighting. b) to overturn a losing deficit …

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  • 44abrogate — verb /ˈæbrəʊɡeɪt,ˈæbrəɡeɪt,ˈæbrəɡeɪt/ a) To annul by an authoritative act; to abolish by the authority of the maker or her or his successor; to repeal; applied to the repeal of laws, decrees, ordinances, the abolition of customs, etc. , Let us… …

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  • 45overset — verb (oversets, oversetting, overset) dated 1》 overturn. 2》 upset emotionally …

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  • 46pitchpole — verb Nautical (of a boat) overturn so that the stern pitches forward over the bows. Origin C17: from pitch1 + poll …

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  • 47roll — verb 1》 move by turning over and over on an axis: the car rolled down into a ditch.     ↘turn over to face a different direction.     ↘(of a moving ship, aircraft, or vehicle) sway on an axis parallel to the direction of motion.     ↘N. Amer.… …

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  • 48abolish — verb the governor never fulfilled his promise to abolish the state income tax Syn: put an end to, get rid of, scrap, end, stop, terminate, ax, eradicate, eliminate, exterminate, destroy, annihilate, stamp out, obliterate, wipe out, extinguish,… …

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  • 49capsize — verb gale force winds capsized their small craft Syn: overturn, turn over, turn upside down, upend, flip/tip/keel over, turn turtle; Nautical pitchpole; archaic overset Ant: right …

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  • 50countermand — verb orders were being issued and then countermanded Syn: revoke, rescind, reverse, undo, repeal, retract, withdraw, quash, overturn, overrule, cancel, annul, invalidate, nullify, negate; Law disaffirm, discharge, vacate; formal abrogate …

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