overthrow
Example Sentences
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Another video showed people chanting in support of the Pahlavi dynasty, which was overthrown by the 1979 Islamic revolution.
From BBC
"I very much doubt the current rallies could bring down or overthrow the regime," she said.
From Barron's
Fearing looting and vandalism after Kadhafi's overthrow, the antiquities department removed "all the artefacts until the country re-stabilised", said Fakroun, 63, who has worked at the French archaeological mission to Libya for almost four decades.
From Barron's
The crash highlighted Turkey’s role as a power broker in Libya, an oil-rich country in north Africa that descended into political crisis and civil war after a 2011 rebellion overthrew former dictator Col.
The attack was the first major test of a new American security partnership with the government of Sharaa, a former rebel leader who led the overthrow of autocrat Bashar al-Assad last year.
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