overturn
IPA: ˈoʊvɝtɝn
noun
- A turning over or upside-down; inversion.
- The overturning or overthrow of some institution or state of affairs; ruin.
verb
- (transitive, intransitive) To turn over, capsize or upset.
- (transitive) To overthrow or destroy.
- (law, transitive) To reverse (a decision); to overrule or rescind.
- (transitive) To diminish the significance of a previous defeat by winning; to make a comeback from.
- (intransitive) Of a body of water: to undergo a limnic eruption, where dissolved gas suddenly erupts from the depths.
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