overthrow a government

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• overthrow a government — defeat a government, remove a government from power …   English contemporary dictionary

• Overthrow (book) — Overthrow: America s Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq is a book published in 2006 by award winning New York Times foreign correspondent and author Stephen Kinzer about the United States s involvement in the overthrow of foreign… …   Wikipedia

• Overthrow — O ver*throw , v. t. [imp. {Overthrew}; p. p. {Overthrown}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Overthrowing}.] 1. To throw over; to overturn; to upset; to turn upside down. [1913 Webster] His wife overthrew the table. Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster] 2. To cause to fall …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• overthrow — 01. In January of 1937, 13 leading Communists were sentenced to death for taking part in a plot, allegedly led by Leon Trotsky, to [overthrow] the Soviet government, and kill its leaders. 02. The general population seems to support the coup which …   Grammatical examples in English

• overthrow — o|ver|throw1 [ˌəuvəˈθrəu US ˌouvərˈθrou] v past tense overthrew [ ˈθru:] past participle overthrown [ ˈθrəun US ˈθroun] [T] 1.) to remove a leader or government from power, especially by force = ↑oust ▪ Rebels were already making plans to… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• overthrow — 1 verb past tense overthrew, past participle overthrown, (T) 1 to remove a leader or government from a position of power: Rebels were already plotting to overthrow the government. 2 to get rid of the rules of a society: a social revolution that… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• Overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii — Overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom Part of the Hawaiian Revolutions The USS Boston s landing force on duty at the Arlington H …   Wikipedia

• Overthrow of Slobodan Milošević — (Bulldozer Revolution) Location  FR Yugoslavia Date 5 October 2000 Characteristics …   Wikipedia

• Overthrow — may refer to: Overthrow, a change in government, often achieved by force or through a coup. The 5th October Overthrow, or Bulldozer Revolution, the events of 2000 that led to the downfall of Slobodan Milošević in the former Yugoslavia. Overthrow… …   Wikipedia

• Government Junta of Chile (1973) — Government Junta of Chile (September 11, 1973 March 11, 1990) ( es. Junta Militar de Gobierno) was the political structure established to rule Chile following the overthrow of President Salvador Allende in the Chilean coup of 1973. It was the… …   Wikipedia

• government's reversal — overthrow of a government …   English contemporary dictionary