I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be deposed/overthrown in a coup (= lose power in a coup )
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The Prime Minister was deposed in a coup by the armed forces.
overthrow/topple a regime (= remove it from power )
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In 1979, Tanzanian forces overthrew the regime of Ugandan dictator Idi Amin.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
attempt
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On March 4, however, 30 soldiers made an unsuccessful attempt to overthrow the government.
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These petitioners were not charged with an attempt to overthrow the Government.
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This had been consolidated in power by the end of the fourteenth century, after the one serious attempt to overthrow it.
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He had made an attempt to overthrow the eighteenth-century system of materialism and this attempt, with Coleridge's help, succeeded.
coup
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They saw their democratically elected president overthrown by a military coup .
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He was overthrown in a coup in 1991 and forced to flee the country, but that only fed his popularity.
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Ten months after his election, the military overthrew him in a coup .
government
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Cadets from military schools and a force of 1000 cossacks from outside the capital tried without success to overthrow the new government .
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A military junta had just overthrown the constitutional government and annulled a recently held presidential election.
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The authorities claim they entered to try and overthrow the government .
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You failed to do your duty as a soldier and succeeded in overthrowing the most legitimate government the nation has ever had.
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But since December, when army enlisted men overthrew the elected government and installed Gen.
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These petitioners were not charged with an attempt to overthrow the Government .
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At the end of August Kerensky abruptly denounced Kornilov for plotting to overthrow the government .
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They were not charged with overt acts of any kind designed to overthrow the Government .
regime
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While arguments about equity are important in overthrowing the Thatcher tax regime , they are not the only ones.
■ VERB
plot
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The defendants were found guilty of plotting to overthrow the monarchy and threatening the security of the state.
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Eighteen months later, Wei resurfaced when charges were brought against him for plotting to overthrow the government.
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Another extraordinary tale says that Ra, convinced mankind was plotting to overthrow him, sent Hathor to kill them all.
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Although accused of plotting to overthrow the state, they were released in September.
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At the end of August Kerensky abruptly denounced Kornilov for plotting to overthrow the government.
try
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The party was no longer trying to overthrow a system it considered unjust; it was running a system it had constructed.
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The authorities claim they entered to try and overthrow the government.
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What madness had made Edward de Verne try to overthrow the Tudor king and restore a Yorkist line?
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a discovery that could overthrow conventional ideas about computing
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A small group of military officers overthrew the President in September.
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President Kassem was overthrown and murdered in 1963.
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The dictatorship was overthrown after a year of fighting, in which thousands of people were killed.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Another extraordinary tale says that Ra, convinced mankind was plotting to overthrow him, sent Hathor to kill them all.
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Apparently when the military junta was overthrown Garcia managed to get sent over here through a contact in the embassy.
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Early in 1939, Aung San was arrested for conspiring to overthrow the government.
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I overthrew your foes, Contrived for Pelias the worst of deaths.
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Its objective was to overthrow the Sandinista government.
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On his one attempt at a long throw, he overthrew James Jett.
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These petitioners were not charged with an attempt to overthrow the Government.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
violent
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He was accused of calling for the violent overthrow of the monarchy.
■ VERB
advocate
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The First Amendment does not protect conspiracy to advocate the overthrow of the government 45.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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He came to power after the overthrow of Haile Selassie.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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After Edward II's overthrow in 1326 he was restored and he received back a substantial portion of his estates.
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All four had been cashiered following the overthrow of former President Moussa Traore on March 26.
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Dub reggae had themes dealing with the overthrow of Babylon and which were openly hostile to the white world.
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The necessary economic and social conditions had been created for the overthrow of capitalism and the construction of socialism.
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The public has reacted in this way because they felt a great relief at the overthrow of an oppressive and unpopular regime.
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They openly declare that their ends can be attained only by the forcible overthrow of all existing social conditions.
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Those who had fought together for the overthrow of Charles I, now bickered amongst themselves.