overturn
Flip upside down
To overturn is to turn something over—to flip, capsize, or upset it so that what was on top is now on bottom: The canoe overturned in the rapids.
The word extends to reversing decisions or established states: courts overturn verdicts, revolutions overturn governments.
An overturn is such a reversal: the overturn of the conviction.
End or gratuity
- upsetDisturb, topple, or shock
- toppleCause to fall
- flipQuick turning motion
- spillAccidental liquid release
upend · tumble · fall · collapse · dump · table · cart · container
Abrupt seizure of power
- regime changeReplacement of governing power
- toppleCause to fall
- oustRemove from position
- deposeRemove from authority
revolution · uprising · insurrection · rebellion · mutiny · putsch · junta · takeover
Destroyed vessel at sea
Declare legally void
- invalidateMake null or void
- rescindFormally cancel or withdraw
- quashSuppress or nullify
- voidWithout legal effect
nullify · vacate · reverse · overrule · set aside · strike down · appeal · ruling
Violent disturbance of order
- shake upDrastically reorganize or unsettle
- transformChange completely in form
- upendFlip to reverse orientation
- disruptInterrupt and disorder
revolutionize · change · reform · restructure · overhaul · reorder · destabilize · convention
tip
End or gratuity
spill · upend · tumble · fall · collapse · dump · table · cart · container · furniture
coup
Abrupt seizure of power
- regime changeReplacement of governing power
- toppleCause to fall
- oustRemove from position
depose · revolution · uprising · insurrection · rebellion · mutiny · putsch · junta · takeover · power grab
shipwreck
Destroyed vessel at sea
founder · sink · upend · tip · upset · boat · vessel · canoe · kayak · raft
annul
Declare legally void
- invalidateMake null or void
- rescindFormally cancel or withdraw
- quashSuppress or nullify
void · nullify · vacate · reverse · overrule · set aside · strike down · appeal · ruling · verdict
upheaval
Violent disturbance of order
- shake upDrastically reorganize or unsettle
- transformChange completely in form
- upendFlip to reverse orientation
disrupt · revolutionize · change · reform · restructure · overhaul · reorder · destabilize · convention · norm
- Reproductive Rightsabortion law, abortion ban, reproductive autonomy, bodily autonomy, right to choose
- reversalsreverse, undo, revert, flip, invert
- turn overflip, flipped, rotate, rotated, invert
- disruptdisrupt, disturb, upset, disorder, disorganize
- Federal Courtsfederal court, federal courts, district court, district courts, circuit court
- legal changesrepeal, enactment, legalization, decriminalization, ban