overthrowaln.
/ˌəʊvəˈθrəʊəl/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈθroʊəl/ The action of overthrowing something; defeat, deposition.
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the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > defeat or overthrow > [noun]
fallOE
confusionc1290
discomfiturea1400
castc1400
overthrowc1440
confoundinga1450
jeofail1546
prostitution1567
lurch1584
worsting1607
unhorsing1608
supplantation1617
defeat1676
overset1789
punishment1811
overthrowal1862
beating1883
unhorsement1884
whoop-ass1974
1862 M. L. Booth tr. A. de Gasparin Amer. before Europe iv. iv. 321 The overthrowal of the republican system in Mexico, would be the most sensible check that could be inflicted.
1863 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. July–Dec. 485/2 It was not a great calamity only, but an overthrowal of all confidence in life; and she shivered before it like a dumb creature.
1916 W. J. Locke Wonderful Year xxiii. 333 Thus came the overthrowal of all Corinna's scheme of values.
1941 ‘R. West’ Black Lamb & Grey Falcon II. 196 The upsetting of kings and the overthrowal of empires.
1992 D. Waddington Contemp. Issues Public Disorder (BNC) 158 Their political objectives are modest by comparison, certainly not extending to the overthrowal of the state.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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