Overthrow

v. t. [imp. OVERTHREW; p. p. OVERTHROWN; p. pr. & vb. n. OVERTHROWING.]

1. To throw over; to upset; to turn upside down.
2. Hence, to ruin; to demolish; to defeat utterly; to rout; to destroy; to subvert. “When the walls of Thebes he overthrew.” Dryden.

Syn.—To demolish; overturn; prostrate; destroy; ruin; subvert; overcome; conquer; defeat; discomfit; vanquish; beat; rout. See DEMOLISH.