overturn

Significat (English)

Verb

1. To turn over, capsize or upset.
2. To overthrow or destroy.
3. To reverse (a decision); to overrule or rescind.
4. To diminish the significance of a previous defeat by winning; to make a comeback from.
5. To undergo a limnic eruption, where dissolved gas suddenly erupts from the depths.

Noun

1. A turning over or upside-down; inversion.
2. The overturning or overthrow of some institution or state of affairs; ruin.

Synonyms

overthrow

upset

turn over

capsize

reverse

tip over

topple

turn upside down

subvert

knock down

invert

topple over

knock over

turn

overrule

pull down

tear down

bring down

turnover

repeal

revolutionize

tump over

override

undermine

revoke

tumble

quash

destroy

invalidate

flip over

overset

annul

countermand

turn inside out

subversion

cancel

flip

bowl over

keel over

rescind

revolutionise

vacate

defeat

tip

overbalance

turning over

pour out

defeating

upturn

spill

fall over

push over

reversal

translate

dethrone

sabotage

fall down

capsizing

dump

lift

change

prevail

push away

push down

rebuttal

recission

refutation

refute

reject

renounce

reprobate

repudiate

retract

revocation

revolution

roll over

ruin

rule out

scratch

strand

strike down

tilt

transfuse

transpose

turn around

turn down

undo

unseat

upheaval

vote out

withdraw

wreck

be wrecked

redline

refutal

send packing

throw down

fall prostrate

turned upside down

turn the tables

turn turtle

turn upside-down

roll something

rummage through

tilting motion

upse

convective overturn

abandon

abolish

abolishment

abrogate

annulment

bag

bounce

break

buck

cancel out

capsized

cashier

chop down

coldcock

collapse

confutation

coup

crash

cut

cut down

demolish

depose

desert

🏜️

desolate

dethronement

dig up

disaffirm

disavow

discard

dishonour

dismiss

disproof

disprove

disqualify

ditch

down

drop

explode

exterminate

fall

falsification

falsify

fell

float

forbid

give up

go down

go over

inverted

jilt

keel

lay down

log

negate

neutralization

neutralize

nullify

off-balance

overwhelm

pour

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˌəʊvə(ɹ)ˈtɜː(ɹ)n/

Etimologia (English)

Inherited from anglès mitjà: overturnen

Cognate with anglès mitjà: overterven

In summary

From Middle English overturnen, equivalent to over- + turn. Compare also Middle English overterven (“to overturn”), see terve.