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Grammar : Verb
Spell : verb oh-ver-turn; noun oh-ver-turn
Phonetic Transcription : verb ˌoʊ vərˈtɜrn; noun ˈoʊ vərˌtɜrn

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Définition of overturn

Origin :
  • early 13c., of a wheel, "to rotate, roll over," from over- + turn (v.). Attested from c.1300 in general transitive sense "to throw over violently;" figurative meaning "to ruin, destroy" is from late 14c. Of judicial decisions, "to reverse," it is attested from 1826. Related: Overturned; overturning.
  • verb flip over
Example sentences :
  • In the name of the Deity he sent dragoons to overturn parliaments.
  • Extract from : « Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 2 August 1848 » by Various
  • With that you overturn all the schools of theology and all the temples of the earth.
  • Extract from : « Diderot and the Encyclopdists » by John Morley
  • And even if it does not overturn, if it fails, it will not end, but pause.
  • Extract from : « Erik Dorn » by Ben Hecht
  • In case of an overturn or accident, the two would be swept among them.
  • Extract from : « The Hunters of the Ozark » by Edward S. Ellis
  • Democracy has on one side to assimilate aristocracy, and not overturn it.
  • Extract from : « The Psychology of Nations » by G.E. Partridge
  • How could a blind man do all that and not overturn one thing in the room?
  • Extract from : « The Lost Despatch » by Natalie Sumner Lincoln
  • There was now a Liberal party seeking to overturn President Miraflores.
  • Extract from : « Cabbages and Kings » by O. Henry
  • Nothing is done to overturn it, nothing, absolutely nothing!
  • Extract from : « The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles » by Jean Henri Fabre
  • I jammed on both my breaks, and by good fortune the car did not overturn.
  • Extract from : « The Motor Pirate » by George Sidney Paternoster
  • His friendship is seldom so stedfast, but that lust, drink, or anger may overturn it.
  • Extract from : « Microcosmography » by John Earle

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