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Verb: overturn `ow-vu(r)'turn- Turn from an upright or normal position
"The big vase overturned" - turn over, tip over, tump over - Cause to overturn from an upright or normal position
"the clumsy customer overturned the vase" - tip over, turn over, upset, knock over, bowl over, tump over - Rule against
"The Republicans were overturned when the House voted on the bill" - overrule, override, overthrow, reverse - Cause the downfall of; of rulers
"overturn the ruling class" - overthrow, subvert, bring down - Cancel officially
"He overturned the ban on smoking" - revoke, annul, lift, countermand, reverse, repeal, rescind, vacate - Change radically
- revolutionize, revolutionise [Brit] Noun: overturn 'ow-vu(r)`turn- The act of upsetting something
"he was badly bruised by the overturn of his sled at a high speed" - upset, turnover - An improbable and unexpected victory
"the biggest overturn since David beat Goliath" - upset
Derived forms: overturns, overturned, overturning Type of: alter, cancel, change, decree, depose, displace, force out, inversion, modify, move, rule, strike down, success, turn, upending |