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overturn

English

  1. 🔊 an improbable and unexpected victory
    “the biggest upset since David beat Goliath”
  2. 🔊 the act of upsetting something
    “he was badly bruised by the upset of his sled at a high speed”
  3. 🔊 turn from an upright or normal position
    “The big vase overturned”
  4. 🔊 cause to overturn from an upright or normal position
    “The cat knocked over the flower vase”
  5. 🔊 rule against
    “The Republicans were overruled when the House voted on the bill”
  6. 🔊 change radically
    “E-mail revolutionized communication in academe”
  7. 🔊 cause the downfall of
    “The Czar was overthrown”
  8. 🔊 cancel officially
    “He revoked the ban on smoking”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 volcar to overturn, tip over, capsize (to flip over; to rotate uppermost to bottom)

Similar words

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