- past participle of overthrow.
overthrown
Example Sentences
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In November 1688 the absolutist and pro-Catholic king of England was overthrown.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
Assad was sentenced in absentia, as he has been living in Moscow after fleeing Damascus in 2024 when his regime was overthrown.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
“I’m happy because the Ayatollah was overthrown, and for the freedom,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 6, 2026
Saddam Hussein of Iraq was overthrown in 2003 by a huge US-led invasion force.
From BBC ● Feb. 28, 2026
By 1945, a growing number of whites in the North had concluded that the Jim Crow system would have to be modified, if not entirely overthrown.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
