overthrow
derrocamiento
definition
verb
military coups which had attempted to overthrow the king
remove forcibly from power.
he grips the ball too tight and overthrows it
throw (a ball) further or harder than intended.
noun
plotting the overthrow of the government
a removal from power; a defeat or downfall.
His first incompletion was an overthrow of a deep ball that would've made it eight in a row and three touchdowns.
(in baseball and other games) a throw that sends a ball past its intended recipient or target.
translation of 'overthrow'
verb
colapsar,
derribar,
echar abajo,
tumbar,
derrumbar,
volcar
noun
derrumbamiento,
derrocamiento
example
There used to be that question asking whether you planned to subvert the constitution, 'overthrow' the Federal Government or whatever.
Riots, revolutions and the 'overthrow' of rulers, keep everyone on their toes!
Early last century, the Bolshevik was plotting the 'overthrow' of capitalism.
I didn't think it was a good moment to tell him I was in a band called ‘Fight for Justice’ and we were planning to use the power of punk to 'overthrow' the Tory junta.
Such wholesale disobedience constitutes revolution or rebellion; the 'overthrow' of a country's entire legal and governmental system.
When Zimbabwe became independent in 1980, it pointed the way for South Africa to 'overthrow' apartheid and establish a multi-racial democracy.
This is perhaps because so much of academic thought in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries related to the reform or even the 'overthrow' of capitalism, of the free market and of the private enterprise system.
Plotting the 'overthrow' of any foreign government became a crime.
their subversive activities are calculated to 'overthrow' parliamentary democracy
The media coverage has portrayed this as a ‘velvet revolution’ - the 'overthrow' of a corrupt leader who defrauded an election to retain power.
In these circumstances the demand for Maori tribes or iwi to be given control over such an important resource as the foreshore and seabed can only be progressive if it matched with a demand for the 'overthrow' of capitalism.
All are nations blessed with vast mineral wealth but suffering from ongoing attempts to 'overthrow' their internationally recognized governments.
A large wrought-iron arched 'overthrow' for double gates or doors, with Greek Revival motifs and laurel swags.
military coups which had attempted to 'overthrow' the King
The mainstream left have forgotten the need to 'overthrow' tyranny and build democracy.
One who's leader simply wanted to 'overthrow' the Emperor for power.
The Venezuelan president has often said the United States supports opposition attempts to 'overthrow' him.
And the 'overthrow' of the government my papa had given his power to by a group of hateful men only made things worse.
Although he sought the 'overthrow' of the US Government, his tactics and power base were much larger.
The umpire instructed him to go to third base, reminding him that a runner gets two bases on an 'overthrow' that goes into dead territory.
In the mentioned situation, the act of handing the ball to the boy is the same as an 'overthrow' into dead territory.
military coups which had attempted to 'overthrow' the king
plotting the 'overthrow' of the government
A fifth possible motivation is that the authors of the article believed that the 'overthrow' of the current legal government of the USA was more important than success in the war.
The 'overthrow' , particularly popular in the Baroque era commencing in the 17th century, refers to the crowning section of ornamental wrought iron work which forms a decorative crest above a wrought iron gate.
plotting the 'overthrow' of the government
Nor is there any evidence that the movement seeks to 'overthrow' democracy.
Plotting the 'overthrow' of a foreign government, however tyrannical, became a criminal offence.
They used their electronic brains to plot the 'overthrow' of humankind, and carried it out with the supercharged bodies they had been given by their human masters who were now slaves.
His first incompletion was an 'overthrow' of a deep ball that would've made it eight in a row and three touchdowns.
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