overthrow
verb /ˌəʊvəˈθrəʊ/
/ˌəʊvərˈθrəʊ/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they overthrow | /ˌəʊvəˈθrəʊ/ /ˌəʊvərˈθrəʊ/ |
| he / she / it overthrows | /ˌəʊvəˈθrəʊz/ /ˌəʊvərˈθrəʊz/ |
| past simple overthrew | /ˌəʊvəˈθruː/ /ˌəʊvərˈθruː/ |
| past participle overthrown | /ˌəʊvəˈθrəʊn/ /ˌəʊvərˈθrəʊn/ |
| -ing form overthrowing | /ˌəʊvəˈθrəʊɪŋ/ /ˌəʊvərˈθrəʊɪŋ/ |
- 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.
Extra Examples- He was accused of plotting to overthrow the government.
- The dynasty was overthrown and the country became a republic.
- They succeeded in overthrowing the fascist dictatorship.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryOverthrow is used with these nouns as the subject:- revolt
- revolution
- capitalism
- communism
- …