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overthrown

adjective as in ousted

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They generally held that the system and its systemic evils should be immediately overthrown, and welcomed the Civil War as a type of eschatological event.

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Stick completed eight of 13 passes for 85 yards, but his play was marred by overthrown balls and costly turnovers — a fumbled snap at the one-yard line and a red-zone interception.

Stick’s interception came on an overthrown deep pass intended for tight end Hayden Hurst, who took a hit to the legs that left him shaken up.

After spending a day with a Libyan employee, he learned that, if history repeated itself, the country’s administration at the time would be overthrown, putting the industry at risk.

She had been put there by American businessmen backed by the United States military, which had overthrown the Hawaiian Kingdom, an internationally recognized sovereign nation.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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