overthrows 1 of 2

noun

Definition of overthrowsnext
plural of overthrow
as in defeats
failure to win a contest the surprising overthrow of the world's top-ranked chess player

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overthrows

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verb

present tense third-person singular of overthrow
1
as in topples

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as in overwhelms

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overthrows
  1. overwhelms
  2. losses
  3. setbacks
  4. upends
Verb
  • The Argentine capital overwhelms the senses.
    Allie Lazar, Saveur, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Multitasking neutralizes efficiency, overwhelms your brain and causes fractured thinking and brain fatigue.
    Bryan Robinson, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of overwhelms
Noun
  • After a stretch of suboptimal performances in losses to Latvia, the United States and Czechia, Cowan received an excessive amount of hate on social media.
    Joshua Kloke, The Athletic, 3 Jan. 2025
  • As sales flagged and losses grew, Donatella Versace’s role was often criticized and questioned.
    Mattia Dognini, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Jan. 2025
Definition of losses
Noun
  • Competing in a high-speed, high-pressure environment taught me to make the quick decisions necessary to grow a company while remaining strong in the face of setbacks.
    Tom Dunlop, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Despite these setbacks, MBM Motorsports is confident, banking on Wallace's past success at superspeedways to see them through.
    Lydia Mee, Newsweek, 5 Jan. 2025
Definition of setbacks
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  • By this point in the book’s life, its status as an exemplar of fiction that upends expectations tips the reader off that there’s something unusual about it.
    Tajja Isen, The Atlantic, 11 Dec. 2024
  • In this way, Bon upends conventional thought to ask what if concrete infrastructure supports nature rather than suppressing it?
    Tom Teicholz, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
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