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Definition of Overthrowing
1. overthrow [v] - See also: overthrow
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overthrowing
Literary usage of Overthrowing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for by Edmund Burke, Benjamin Franklin Collection (Library of Congress), John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress) (1822)
"Heard the speeches and resolutions; but nothing about overthrowing the government.
... Could hear what was said; no word about overthrowing the government. ..."
2. The Political Text-book, Or Encyclopedia: Containing Everything Necessary by Michael W. Cluskey (1857)
""What w« Ibf great motive by which he was actuated it overthrowing tne house of
Stuart? It»* unfailing devotion to principle. His no* was, " Put your trust ..."
3. The Imperial Gazetteer of India by Sir William Wilson Hunter (1885)
"... kings was succeeded by that of the Delhi Mughals; Aurangzeb, after a long
struggle, having succeeded in overthrowing the independent ..."
4. The Growth of British Policy: An Historical Essay by John Robert Seeley (1895)
"... overthrowing Danby; but it becomes divided on the question of the Exclusion
Bill, and partly owing to this schism, partly owing to the king's adroitness ..."
5. Goldsmith's Roman History by Oliver Goldsmith (1817)
"... who commanded against them, the glory of putting an end to the war : this he
performed with great conduct, storming their camps, overthrowing them in ..."
6. Historical and Descriptive Account of the Caricatures of James Gillray by Thomas Wright, Robert Harding Evans (1851)
"The cattle in Thurlow's fold are making a determined attack on a watch box, and
overthrowing the celebrated trio, Fox, Burke, and Sheridan. ..."
7. The Works of Sir Walter Ralegh, Kt by Sir Walter Raleigh, Thomas Birch, William Oldys (1829)
"... wounded him, and took from him the greatest part of the spoils which he had
gathered. SECT. VIII. How Philip overthrowing the Greeks in the battle of ..."
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