overthrow
part of speech
verb (overthrow, overthrows, overthrew, overthrowing, overthrown); noun (an overthrow, overthrows)
meaning for a pupil
1) To overthrow a ruler or government is to remove them from power by force. tree →
2) The overthrow of a ruler is that removal. tree →
3) (sport, cricket and baseball) To overthrow is to throw a ball too far, past the player meant to catch it; in cricket, an overthrow can give extra runs. tree →
4) To overthrow a city or building is to destroy it by force, knocking it down. tree →
sense in the lessons
In history lessons it tells of kings and governments losing power in revolutions. In stories it shows rebels and heroes fighting a tyrant. In cricket it is a fielding mistake.
examples
- The people overthrew the cruel king. tree →
- The rebels planned the overthrow of the tyrant. tree →
- In the story, the mice overthrew the cat's rule. tree →
- The army was overthrown in a single night. tree →
- An overthrow gave the batting team four extra runs. tree →
- The shortstop overthrew first base. tree →
- Many emperors were overthrown in history. tree →
- They wanted to overthrow the government. tree →
- The five soldiers grumbled a little, and muttered that it was their business to overthrow cities, not to build them up. tree →
note
Irregular like «throw»: overthrow, overthrew, overthrown. Do not confuse with «throw over». In cricket maths, overthrow runs are added to the runs already taken.
In the corpora
- "Regime change" means overthrowing (forcing out) a foreign government.
- The Haitian Revolution from 1791 overthrew slavery in the French colony of Saint-Domingue, and Haiti became independent in 1804.
- In 1337 China was ruled by the Mongol Yuan dynasty, which the Chinese Ming dynasty overthrew in 1368.
- Why is thy strong one overthrown?
- Therefore He swore concerning them, that He would overthrow them in the wilderness;
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «overthrow» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.