overthrow
verb (used with object)
to depose, as from a position of power; overcome, defeat, or vanquish.
is overthrowing
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present progressiveof overthrow (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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But the success of the voluntary system here is overthrowing this assumption.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 86, December, 1864 by Various
He is overthrowing Hel, the grim goddess of the shades of death, who is riding on the pale horse.
From Vanishing England by P. H. (Peter Hampson) Ditchfield
