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Thesaurus: overturn

To turn or throw from a basis, foundation, or position; to overset; as, to overturn a carriage or a building.

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  1. v. t. To turn or throw from a basis, foundation, or position; to overset; as, to overturn a carriage or a building.
  2. v. t. To subvert; to destroy; to overthrow.
  3. v. t. To overpower; to conquer.
  4. n. The act off overturning, or the state of being overturned or subverted; overthrow; as, an overturn of parties.
  5. n. the act of upsetting something
  6. n. an improbable and unexpected victory
  7. v. turn from an upright or normal position
  8. v. cause to overturn from an upright or normal position
  9. v. rule against
  10. v. cause the downfall of; of rulers
  11. v. cancel officially
  12. v. change radically