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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Overthrow \O'ver*throw"\, verb (used with an object) [imp. {Overthrew}; p. p. {Overthrown}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Overthrowing}.]
1. To throw over; to overturn; to upset; to turn upside down.
His wife overthrew the table. --Jer. Taylor.
2. To cause to fall or to fail; to subvert; to defeat; to make a ruin of; to destroy; as, to overthrow a government. [1913 Webster +PJC]
When the walls of Thebes he overthrew. --Dryden.
[Gloucester] that seeks to overthrow religion. --Shak.
3. (Baseball) To throw (a baseball) beyond; to throw too high and too far; to overshoot[1]; as, the shortstop overthrew the first baseman. [PJC]
Syn: To demolish; overturn; prostrate; destroy; ruin; subvert; overcome; conquer; defeat; discomfit; vanquish; beat; rout.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
overthrow
noun
1: the termination of a ruler or institution (especially by force)
2: the act of disturbing the mind or body; "his carelessness could have caused an ecological upset"; "she was unprepared for this sudden overthrow of their normal way of living" [syn: {upset}, {derangement}]
verb
1: cause the downfall of; of rulers; "The Czar was overthrown"; "subvert the ruling class" [syn: {subvert}, {overturn}, {bring down}]
2: rule against; "The Republicans were overruled when the House voted on the bill" [syn: {overrule}, {overturn}, {override}, {reverse}] [also: {overthrown}, {overthrew}]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
overthrown See {overthrow}
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
82 Moby Thesaurus words for "overthrown": all up with, ausgespielt, bankrupt, beat, beaten, belied, bested, blasted, blighted, broken, confounded, confuted, defeated, deflated, denied, desolated, destroyed, devastated, discarded, discomfited, discredited, dismissed, disproved, disputed, done for, done in, down, down-and-out, exploded, exposed, fallen, finished, fixed, floored, gone to pot, hors de combat, impugned, in ruins, invalidated, irremediable, kaput, lambasted, lathered, licked, negated, negatived, on the skids, outdone, overborne, overcome, overmastered, overmatched, overpowered, overridden, overturned, overwhelmed, panicked, punctured, put to rout, ravaged, refuted, rejected, routed, ruined, ruinous, scattered, settled, shown up, silenced, skinned, skinned alive, spoiled, stampeded, trimmed, trounced, undone, upset, wasted, whelmed, whipped, worsted, wrecked
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