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Entry 5 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Overthrow

/ōv'-ẽrth-rōˌ/ · O·ver·throw · IPA /ˌoʊvɚˈθɹoʊ/
01 v. t. To throw over; to overturn; to upset; to turn upside down.
imp. Overthrew; p. p. Overthrown; p. pr. & vb. n. Overthrowing
  1. 1.
    To throw over; to overturn; to upset; to turn upside down.
    “His wife overthrew the table.” Jer. Taylor.
  2. 2.
    To cause to fall or to fail; to subvert; to defeat; to make a ruin of; to destroy; as, to overthrow a government.
    “When the walls of Thebes he overthrew.” Dryden.
    “[Gloucester] that seeks to overthrow religion.” Shak.
  3. 3.
    To throw (a baseball) beyond; to throw too high and too far; to overshoot{1}; as, the shortstop overthrew the first baseman.(Baseball)
02 n. The act of overthrowing; the state of being overthrown; ruin.
  1. 1.
    The act of overthrowing; the state of being overthrown; ruin.
    “Your sudden overthrow much rueth me.” Spenser.
  2. 2.
    The act of throwing a ball too high, as over a player's head.(Baseball)