overthrowing
Ousting from power
Overthrowing is the act of forcibly removing a government, ruler, or established authority from power.
The word implies sudden, decisive action—often violent: The rebels succeeded in overthrowing the dictator.
It extends to defeating or overturning anything dominant: overthrowing a champion, overthrowing conventional wisdom.
In baseball, overthrowing means throwing a ball past its intended target.
Seize without right
- deposeRemove from authority
- oustRemove from position
- unseatRemove from position
- supplantReplace by force
dislodge · topple · remove · eject · displace · successor · incumbent · ruler
Forcible government overthrow attempt
- juntaPost-coup ruling clique
- cabalScheming political faction
- plotStoryline or land parcel
- conspiracyClandestine coordinated scheming
clandestine · covert · stratagem · takeover · faction · treason · sedition · subversion
Violent uprising against authority
- rebellionDefiance of established power
- revoltOrganized resistance to power
- uprisingOrganized resistance to power
- insurgencyArmed uprising against authority
resistance · liberation · emancipation · revolutionary · radical · struggle · movement · popular
Public expression of disapproval
- activismDirect effort for reform
- dissentDisagreement with authority
- resistanceCapacity to withstand force
- disobedienceRefusal to follow orders
noncompliance · boycott · strike · agitation · demonstration · defiance · opposition · challenge
usurp
Seize without right
supplant · dislodge · topple · remove · eject · displace · successor · incumbent · ruler · monarch
putsch
Forcible government overthrow attempt
conspiracy · clandestine · covert · stratagem · takeover · faction · treason · sedition · subversion · insiders
insurrection
Violent uprising against authority
- rebellionDefiance of established power
- revoltOrganized resistance to power
- uprisingOrganized resistance to power
insurgency · resistance · liberation · emancipation · revolutionary · radical · struggle · movement · popular · masses
protest
Public expression of disapproval
- activismDirect effort for reform
- dissentDisagreement with authority
- resistanceCapacity to withstand force
disobedience · noncompliance · boycott · strike · agitation · demonstration · defiance · opposition · challenge · unrest
vanquish
Defeat thoroughly in conflict
overpower · subdue · trounce · beat · demolish · destroy · quash · obliterate · decimate · annihilate
- removalremove, elimination, delete, erasing, erase
- taking chargeleading, commanding, directing, managing, captaining
- baseball errorserror, fielding error, dropped ball, bobble, boot
overthrowingupholding
Continuing to support
maintaining · preserving · defending · sustaining · protecting
overthrowingestablishing
Creating or setting up
upholding · propping up · installing · instituting · founding
throw, overthrow, thrown, overturn, throwing, overthrown, overturning, overthrew, overthrows