Antonyms for overturn
ˌoʊ vərˈtɜrn; ˈoʊ vərˌtɜrnover·turn

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1. overturn

   A building, monument, or other structure is demolished when reduced to a shapeless mass; it is razed when leveled with the ground; it is destroyed when its structural unity is gone, whether or not its component parts remain. An edifice is destroyed by fire or earthquake; it is demolished by bombardment; it is ruined when, by violence or neglect, it has become unfit for human habitation. Compare ABOLISH; BREAK.

   Antonyms:
   build, construct, create, make, repair, restore

   Synonyms:
   demolish, destroy, overthrow, raze, ruin

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1. • Cancel
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1. upset, overturn, turnovernoun

   the act of upsetting something

   "he was badly bruised by the upset of his sled at a high speed"

   Synonyms:
   disturbance, disorder, employee turnover, perturbation, dollar volume, derangement, turnover, overthrow, turnover rate, swage, upset

2. overturn, upsetverb

   an improbable and unexpected victory

   "the biggest upset since David beat Goliath"

   Synonyms:
   disorder, perturbation, derangement, swage, turnover, overthrow, disturbance, upset

3. overturn, turn over, tip over, tump oververb

   turn from an upright or normal position

   "The big vase overturned"; "The canoe tumped over"

   Synonyms:
   turn, bowl over, bring down, dig, overthrow, vacate, flip, pass, pass on, annul, debate, overrule, reach, roll, lift, rescind, tump over, moot, give, deliberate, override, subvert, repeal, delve, revolutionize, tip over, upset, flip over, turn over, reverse, revoke, consider, revolutionise, knock over, countermand, hand, cut into

4. overturn, tip over, turn over, upset, knock over, bowl over, tump oververb

   cause to overturn from an upright or normal position

   "The cat knocked over the flower vase"; "the clumsy customer turned over the vase"; "he tumped over his beer"

   Synonyms:
   discomfit, turn, bowl over, bring down, dig, overthrow, vacate, flip, pass, pass on, annul, debate, overrule, reach, boggle, roll, lift, rescind, swage, tump over, moot, flabbergast, give, deliberate, override, subvert, repeal, delve, revolutionize, discompose, tip over, trouble, upset, flip over, turn over, reverse, untune, revoke, disconcert, consider, revolutionise, knock over, disturb, countermand, hand, cut into

5. overrule, overturn, override, overthrow, reverseverb

   rule against

   "The Republicans were overruled when the House voted on the bill"

   Synonyms:
   turn, bring down, tip over, change by reversal, bowl over, upset, turn over, lift, vacate, annul, overthrow, countermand, subvert, rescind, reverse, invert, revoke, revolutionise, overrule, knock over, revolutionize, override, tump over, repeal, turn back

6. overthrow, subvert, overturn, bring downverb

   cause the downfall of; of rulers

   "The Czar was overthrown"; "subvert the ruling class"

   Synonyms:
   weaken, land, bowl over, bring down, overthrow, vacate, cut, annul, trim down, lower, demoralise, misdirect, overrule, get down, debase, pervert, demoralize, lift, trim back, trim, counteract, profane, rescind, cut down, tump over, put down, reduce, sabotage, let down, override, subvert, vitiate, repeal, take down, deprave, revolutionize, cut back, tip over, impose, inflict, undermine, upset, turn over, reverse, countermand, revoke, revolutionise, knock over, countermine, visit, debauch, corrupt

7. revoke, annul, lift, countermand, reverse, repeal, overturn, rescind, vacateverb

   cancel officially

   "He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an embargo"; "vacate a death sentence"

   Synonyms:
   nullify, cabbage, revolutionise, hook, bring down, rise, wind, avoid, quash, hoist, annul, elevate, uprise, resign, empty, abandon, overrule, lift, turn over, nobble, go up, pinch, overthrow, plagiarize, arise, invert, abstract, rescind, bowl over, come up, turn back, bring up, plagiarise, pilfer, filch, change by reversal, give up, purloin, snarf, subvert, repeal, invalidate, override, raise, revolutionize, renounce, sneak, tip over, get up, upset, move up, swipe, reverse, airlift, revoke, rear, tump over, turn, face-lift, knock over, vacate, rustle, void, countermand

8. revolutionize, revolutionise, overturnverb

   change radically

   "E-mail revolutionized communication in academe"

   Synonyms:
   bring down, tip over, upset, turn over, lift, vacate, bowl over, overthrow, countermand, subvert, rescind, reverse, annul, revoke, overrule, revolutionise, revolutionize, knock over, override, inspire, tump over, repeal

How to use overturn in a sentence?

1. Donald Trump:

   This November 6 election is very much a referendum on not only me, This November 6 election's a referendum on your religion, This November 6 election's a referendum on free speech and the First Amendment. It's a referendum on so much, it's not a question of like or dislike, it's a question that they will overturn everything that we've done and they will do it quickly and violently. And violently. There is violence. When you look at Antifa -- these are violent people.

2. Pat Toomey:

   A fundamental, defining feature of a democratic republic is the right of the people to elect their own leaders, the effort by Senators Hawley, Cruz, and others to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election in swing states like Pennsylvania directly undermines this right.

3. Jonathan London:

   Dung has enjoyed a lot of support in the party and among lower ranks of the elite, if anyone were to mount a campaign to overturn this, it would be him.

4. Douglas Jehl:

   It's these senior leaders who have the power to pardon, the power to overturn a verdict, the power to make things right.

5. Jeff King:

   We are very hopeful that the judge in this case will do the right thing and overturn Donald’s case on appeal, we’re also encouraged to see the U.S. State Department taking an active interest by sending personnel to attend his trial. Russia should not be allowed to get away with crushing religious freedom at no diplomatic cost to itself.

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