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| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | annul, countermand, lift, repeal, rescind, reverse, revoke, vacate |
| Type of | cancel, strike down |
| Has types | go back on, renege, renege on, renegue on |
overturn::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | bring down, overthrow, subvert |
| Type of | force out, depose |
| Has types | revolutionize |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | revolutionise, revolutionize |
| Type of | change, alter, modify |
Examples of overturn
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Even little zippy cars are subject to overturn when accelerating at high speeds.
From the ocregister.com
Congress could overturn the veto with a two-thirds vote of the House and Senate.
From the latimes.com
They cited pending lawsuits by opponents seeking to overturn the permit renewal.
From the dallasnews.com
Hot Spot then filed the appeal in 3rd District Court to overturn the revocation.
From the sltrib.com
The council could overturn new rules proposed by the consumer protection agency.
From the washingtonpost.com
Alan Pardew will need more than one goal tonight to overturn his team's deficit.
From the guardian.co.uk
Pirates are peaceable radicals, hoping to perfect democracy, not to overturn it.
From the economist.com
New research from San Francisco State university claims to overturn this notion.
From the guardian.co.uk
Hitchens was wrong in thinking Egypt's revolution would not overturn the system.
From the sacbee.com
- Turn from an upright or normal position; "The big vase overturned"; "The canoe tumped over"
- Upset: the act of upsetting something; "he was badly bruised by the upset of his sled at a high speed"
- An improbable and unexpected victory; "the biggest upset since David beat Goliath"
- Overrule: rule against; "The Republicans were overruled when the House voted on the bill"
- Overthrow: cause the downfall of; of rulers; "The Czar was overthrown"; "subvert the ruling class"
- Revoke: cancel officially; "He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an embargo"; "vacate a death sentence"
- Revolutionize: change radically; "E-mail revolutionized communication in academe"
- (overturned) having been turned so that the bottom is no longer the bottom; "an overturned car"; "the upset pitcher of milk"; "sat on an upturned bucket"
- Overturn is a video game developed by Studio Zan for WiiWare. It was released in Japan on December 2, 2008, in North America on August 3, 2009 and in Europe on February 12, 2010 by Gamebridge as Overturn: Mecha Wars.
