Synonyms for OVERHAUL
ˌoʊ vərˈhɔl, ˈoʊ vərˌhɔl; ˈoʊ vərˌhɔlover·haul

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1. overhaul, inspection and repair, servicenoun

   periodic maintenance on a car or machine

   "it was time for an overhaul on the tractor"

   Synonyms:
   divine service, help, service, religious service, table service, serving, serve, renovation, military service, service of process, avail, inspection and repair, overhaul, redevelopment, armed service, servicing

2. renovation, redevelopment, overhaulverb

   the act of improving by renewing and restoring

   "they are pursuing a general program of renovation to the entire property"; "a major overhal of the healthcare system was proposed"

   Synonyms:
   service, renovation, redevelopment, overhaul, restoration, refurbishment, inspection and repair

3. pass, overtake, overhaulverb

   travel past

   "The sports car passed all the trucks"

   Synonyms:
   run, catch, perish, elapse, go past, make pass, lead, top, put across, go by, draw, evanesce, occur, die, overwhelm, overcome, turn over, go, spend, slide by, fade, hand, modernize, legislate, happen, egest, catch up with, authorise, exceed, fleet, pass away, slip away, drop dead, overstep, transcend, make it, authorize, modernise, overpower, devolve, cash in one's chips, kick the bucket, whelm, give, fall out, hap, slip by, go on, sink, eliminate, croak, lapse, pass off, give-up the ghost, return, blow over, take place, expire, overhaul, sweep over, go through, reach, communicate, come about, choke, pop off, go across, overtake, travel by, glide by, extend, decease, fall, pass, pass by, clear, exit, conk, excrete, buy the farm, pass along, snuff it, go along, surpass, guide, pass on

4. overhaul, modernize, moderniseverb

   make repairs, renovations, revisions or adjustments to

   "You should overhaul your car engine"; "overhaul the health care system"

   Synonyms:
   pass, modernise, overhaul, overtake, modernize, develop

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1. overhaulverb

   Synonyms:
   (Naut.) overtake, come up with

2. overhaulverb

   Synonyms:
   examine, look into

3. overhaulverb

   Synonyms:
   [colloquial U. S.] censure, blame, reprove, reprehend, find fault with, pass censure on, take to task, bring to book, call over the coals, haul over the coals, call to account, come down upon, snap up

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1. List of paraphrases for "overhaul":

   revision, recast, review, recasting, redesign, reform, revise

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How to use OVERHAUL in a sentence?

1. Gerald Staberock:

   We call on Bangladesh to acknowledge the magnitude of the problem and start a complete overhaul of its law enforcement and judiciary systems.

2. Najib Razak:

   The appointments announced today are part of efforts by the Government and Khazanah to lay strong foundations for the future success of our national carrier, the government is committed to seeing through the complete overhaul of MAS to its successful conclusion.

3. Christopher Hart:

   The U.S. aviation system each day transports millions of people safely, so it's not like we have to completely overhaul the entire system, it's not broken. But these incidents have shown us that there are ways to improve the existing system.

4. Brian Kennedy:

   Department of Corrections needs a complete overhaul. I think people of all mentalities and people of all stripes and persuasions agree that Rikers is a mess, and when you have up to a third of corrections officers not showing up to work and leaving the inmates basically to run the jail and letting the worst that those inmates were usually the gang-affiliated inmates who reigned supreme, you're going to have violence and chaos.

5. Michelle Christensen:

   After we took on the project, we had a big powertrain overhaul halfway through the development, originally, the concept had a transverse-mounted, naturally aspirated V6. Then the team decided, ‘ It’s the NSX – that’s not good enough. ’.