overturn

  • 31overturn — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. invert, upset, reverse; overthrow, destroy. See change, confutation, destruction, inversion. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. upset, reverse, upturn, overthrow; see upset 1 . See Synonym Study at upset .… …

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  • 32overturn — v. turn over; overthrow; reverse the power of (as of a decision); subdue; defeat …

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  • 33overturn — verb 1》 turn over and come to rest upside down. 2》 abolish, invalidate, or reverse (an established fact or system, legal decision, etc.). noun 1》 an act of overturning. 2》 Ecology the occasional mixing of the water of a thermally stratified lake …

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  • 34overturn — v. a. See overthrow …

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  • 35overturn — v 1. overthrow, subvert, vanquish, conquer, triumph over, win out or out over, Inf. beat out, be victorious over, get the better of; overbear, overcome, overwhelm, overpower, overmaster, prevail over, surmount, rise above, transcend, master,… …

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  • 36overturn — o•ver•turn v. [[t]ˌoʊ vərˈtɜrn[/t]] n. [[t]ˈoʊ vərˌtɜrn[/t]] v. t. 1) to cause to turn over on the side, face, or back 2) to destroy the power of; overthrow 3) to turn over; capsize 4) the act of overturning 5) the state of being overturned 6)… …

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  • 37overturn — verb (t) /oʊvəˈtɜn / (say ohvuh tern) 1. to overthrow; destroy the power of, defeat or vanquish. 2. to turn over on its side, face, or back; upset. 3. to reverse (a decision, judgement, etc.): the ruling was overturned in the High Court. –verb… …

  • 38overturn —   Kahuli, huli pau, huli pū, hulihia, ho ohuli, auhuli.   Also: lumi, me ea, ōpe a, ōlepe, kīpau, kualono. See ex., outrigger float …

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  • 39overturn — v. & n. v. 1 tr. cause to fall down or over; upset. 2 tr. reverse; subvert; abolish; invalidate. 3 intr. fall down; fall over. n. a subversion, an act of upsetting …

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  • 40Convective overturn — The convective overturn model of supernovae was proposed by Bethe and Wilson in 1985, and received a dramatic test with SN 1987A, and the detection of neutrinos from the explosion. The model is for type II supernovae, which take place in stars… …

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