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Definition of overthrew : of Overthrow

Synonyms:

outdid, captured, checkmated, beat, conquered, overcome, humbled, routed, foiled, mastered, quelled, outplayed, overturned, overpowered, subdued, crushed, whipped, predominated, vanquished, subjected, overcame, trumped, overthrown, trounced, defeated, triumphed, outdone, beaten, won, surmounted

restructured, revolted, rebelled, mutinied, shaken up, upset, shook up

Usage examples:

• So at the day of jousts there came Sir Palamides with a black shield, and he overthrew many knights, that all the people had marvel of him. - "Le Morte D'Arthur, Volume I (of II) King Arthur and of his Noble Knights of the Round Table", Thomas Malory.
• Upon this account, after the death of Scipio who overthrew Hannibal, he was thought worthy to match with his daughter Cornelia, though there had been no friendship or familiarity between Scipio and him, but rather the contrary. - "Plutarch-Lives-of-the-noble-Grecians-and-Romans", Clough, Arthur Hugh.
• She cried: And do you think that Gunther overthrew you in the tilt? - "Stories of the Nibelungen for Young People", Various.