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"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "overthrowable"
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"_dis1": "0 0",
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"2": "overdraaien"
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"t": "to overthrow"
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"etymology_text": "From Middle English overthrowen, equivalent to over- + throw. Compare Dutch overdraaien, German überdrehen, Old English oferweorpan (“to overthrow”).\nFor the noun sense, compare Middle English overthrow, overthrowe (“destruction, downfall”), from the verb.",
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{
"text": "I hate the current government, but not enough to want to overthrow them.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1856, Jabez Burns, “LXVIII. The Ruinous Effects of Sin.”, in Cyclopedia of Sermons: […], New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton and Company, […], →OCLC, page 104",
"text": "Wickedness often overthrows the health of the sinner. Go to the hospital, and see how many have ruined their health by their course of life. That drunkard. That glutton. That debauchee. Nine-tenths of the suffering from disease originates in the wickedness of the sinner.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1999, Errol A. Henderson, “Civil Wars”, in Lester Kurtz, editor, Encyclopedia of Violence, Peace, & Conflict, volumes I (A–E), San Diego, Calif.: Academic Press, section I (Definition of Civil War), page 279, column 2",
"text": "Violence directed specifically at the regime in power, such as coups d'etat also often fail to attain the threshold of civil wars. While such conflicts often involve the armed forces of the society, coups d'etat are more explicitly extralegal executive transfers aimed at overthrowing the sitting regime's leaders.",
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"To bring about the downfall of (a government, etc.), especially by force; to usurp."
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"downfall",
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"government"
],
[
"force",
"force#Noun"
],
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],
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"(transitive) To bring about the downfall of (a government, etc.), especially by force; to usurp."
],
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"transitive"
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"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "to bring about the downfall of",
"word": "përmbys"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʔaṭāḥa",
"sense": "to bring about the downfall of",
"word": "أَطَاحَ"
},
{
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"roman": "ṭayyaḥ",
"sense": "to bring about the downfall of",
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],
"word": "طيّح"
},
{
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"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "tapalel",
"sense": "to bring about the downfall of",
"word": "տապալել"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "korcanel",
"sense": "to bring about the downfall of",
"word": "կործանել"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "to bring about the downfall of",
"word": "devirmək"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "sǎbarjam",
"sense": "to bring about the downfall of",
"word": "събарям"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "tuīfān",
"sense": "to bring about the downfall of",
"word": "推翻"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "dǎfān",
"sense": "to bring about the downfall of",
"word": "打翻"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to bring about the downfall of",
"word": "omverwerpen"
},
{
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"code": "egy",
"lang": "Egyptian",
"roman": "wdn",
"sense": "to bring about the downfall of",
"word": "w-d:n-Z9:D40"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to bring about the downfall of",
"word": "faligi"
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{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to bring about the downfall of",
"word": "kaataa"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to bring about the downfall of",
"word": "renverser"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to bring about the downfall of",
"word": "déposer"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to bring about the downfall of",
"word": "derrocar"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to bring about the downfall of",
"word": "stürzen"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to bring about the downfall of",
"word": "umstürzen"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "anatrépo",
"sense": "to bring about the downfall of",
"word": "ανατρέπω"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "katastréphō",
"sense": "to bring about the downfall of",
"word": "καταστρέφω"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to bring about the downfall of",
"word": "megdönt"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "to bring about the downfall of",
"word": "kudeta"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to bring about the downfall of",
"word": "deporre"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to bring about the downfall of",
"word": "rovesciare"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"alt": "ほろぼす",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "horobosu",
"sense": "to bring about the downfall of",
"word": "滅ぼす"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"alt": "てんぷくする",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "tenpuku-suru",
"sense": "to bring about the downfall of",
"word": "転覆する"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "jeonbokhada",
"sense": "to bring about the downfall of",
"word": "전복(顚覆)하다"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "muneotteurida",
"sense": "to bring about the downfall of",
"word": "무너뜨리다"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to bring about the downfall of",
"word": "subvertō"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "to bring about the downfall of",
"word": "guling"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to bring about the downfall of",
"word": "taupoki"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to bring about the downfall of",
"word": "whakatakahuri"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to bring about the downfall of",
"word": "whakataupoki"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to bring about the downfall of",
"word": "whakataka"
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{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to bring about the downfall of",
"word": "turaki"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to bring about the downfall of",
"word": "kōkeke"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "to bring about the downfall of",
"word": "translaten"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "to bring about the downfall of",
"word": "werpen"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "nah",
"lang": "Nahuatl",
"sense": "to bring about the downfall of",
"word": "tepeua"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "nah",
"lang": "Nahuatl",
"sense": "to bring about the downfall of",
"word": "tequiua"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "to bring about the downfall of",
"word": "tōweorpan"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "sarnegun kardan",
"sense": "to bring about the downfall of",
"word": "سرنگون کردن"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "barândâxtan",
"sense": "to bring about the downfall of",
"word": "برانداختن"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to bring about the downfall of",
"word": "obalać"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to bring about the downfall of",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "powalać"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to bring about the downfall of",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "powalić"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to bring about the downfall of",
"word": "derrocar"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to bring about the downfall of",
"word": "derrubar"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to bring about the downfall of",
"word": "depor"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to bring about the downfall of",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "golpe de estado"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "svergátʹ",
"sense": "to bring about the downfall of",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "сверга́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "svérgnutʹ",
"sense": "to bring about the downfall of",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "све́ргнуть"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to bring about the downfall of",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "свргнути"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to bring about the downfall of",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "срушити"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to bring about the downfall of",
"tags": [
"Roman"
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"word": "svrgnuti"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
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"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to bring about the downfall of",
"tags": [
"Roman"
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"word": "srušiti"
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{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to bring about the downfall of",
"word": "derrocar"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to bring about the downfall of",
"word": "derribar"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "to bring about the downfall of",
"word": "angusha"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to bring about the downfall of",
"word": "störta"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "skydáty",
"sense": "to bring about the downfall of",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "скида́ти"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "skýnuty",
"sense": "to bring about the downfall of",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "ски́нути"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to bring about the downfall of",
"word": "lật đổ"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "to bring about the downfall of",
"word": "stårer"
}
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"ref": "1650, Jer[emy] Taylor, “Of Christian Sobriety”, in The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living. […], London: Printed [by R. Norton] for Richard Royston […], →OCLC; The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living. […], 5th corrected edition, London: Printed for Richard Royston […], 1656, →OCLC, section VI (Of Contentedness in All Estates and Accidents), page 161",
"text": "Pittacus was a wiſe and valiant man, but his wife overthrew the Table when he had invited his friends: upon which the good man to excuſe her incivility and his own miſfortune, ſaid, That every man had one evil, and he was moſt happy that had but that alone; […]",
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"ref": "[1780?], Nicholas Coxe, “A Short Account of Some Particular Beasts that are Hunted in Foreign Countries”, in The Huntsman. […], London: Printed for J. Dixwell, […], →OCLC, page 118",
"text": "[W]hen they have found the Trees on which they [the elk] lean, they cut and ſaw them, ſo that when the Elk comes, he overthrows the Tree and falls with it; and being unable to riſe, is ſo taken alive.",
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"To throw down to the ground, to overturn."
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"(transitive, now rare) To throw down to the ground, to overturn."
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"_dis1": "3 97",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to throw down to the ground",
"word": "obalić"
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"_dis1": "3 97",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to throw down to the ground",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "powalić"
}
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"etymology_text": "From Middle English overthrowen, equivalent to over- + throw. Compare Dutch overdraaien, German überdrehen, Old English oferweorpan (“to overthrow”).\nFor the noun sense, compare Middle English overthrow, overthrowe (“destruction, downfall”), from the verb.",
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"_dis1": "0 0",
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"ref": "1891, Henry Boynton, “America”, in History of the Nineteenth Century in the United States and Europe, period I (During the Triumphs of Napoleon’s Empire), Augusta, Me.: Press Co., […], page 352",
"text": "But Judge Livingstone decided that no resistence to law, however extensive or violent, is treason if overthrow of the government is not its object.",
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{
"ref": "2004, Carlos G. Groppa, “The Tango’s Influence on Other Popular Music”, in The Tango in the United States: A History, Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company, pages 59–60",
"text": "[Edward B.] Marks believed that [Milton] Cohen had paid spies everywhere to keep him up-to-date about impending political overthrows in the countries where he needed to stop, as he always escaped fine and dandy from every revolution he had to face.",
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"text": "Violence directed specifically at the regime in power, such as coups d'etat also often fail to attain the threshold of civil wars. While such conflicts often involve the armed forces of the society, coups d'etat are more explicitly extralegal executive transfers aimed at overthrowing the sitting regime's leaders.",
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"ref": "1650, Jer[emy] Taylor, “Of Christian Sobriety”, in The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living. […], London: Printed [by R. Norton] for Richard Royston […], →OCLC; The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living. […], 5th corrected edition, London: Printed for Richard Royston […], 1656, →OCLC, section VI (Of Contentedness in All Estates and Accidents), page 161",
"text": "Pittacus was a wiſe and valiant man, but his wife overthrew the Table when he had invited his friends: upon which the good man to excuſe her incivility and his own miſfortune, ſaid, That every man had one evil, and he was moſt happy that had but that alone; […]",
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"ref": "[1780?], Nicholas Coxe, “A Short Account of Some Particular Beasts that are Hunted in Foreign Countries”, in The Huntsman. […], London: Printed for J. Dixwell, […], →OCLC, page 118",
"text": "[W]hen they have found the Trees on which they [the elk] lean, they cut and ſaw them, ſo that when the Elk comes, he overthrows the Tree and falls with it; and being unable to riſe, is ſo taken alive.",
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[
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"(transitive, now rare) To throw down to the ground, to overturn."
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"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "to bring about the downfall of",
"word": "përmbys"
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{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʔaṭāḥa",
"sense": "to bring about the downfall of",
"word": "أَطَاحَ"
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"sense": "to bring about the downfall of",
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"word": "طيّح"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "tapalel",
"sense": "to bring about the downfall of",
"word": "տապալել"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "korcanel",
"sense": "to bring about the downfall of",
"word": "կործանել"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "to bring about the downfall of",
"word": "devirmək"
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "sǎbarjam",
"sense": "to bring about the downfall of",
"word": "събарям"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "tuīfān",
"sense": "to bring about the downfall of",
"word": "推翻"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "dǎfān",
"sense": "to bring about the downfall of",
"word": "打翻"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to bring about the downfall of",
"word": "omverwerpen"
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{
"code": "egy",
"lang": "Egyptian",
"roman": "wdn",
"sense": "to bring about the downfall of",
"word": "w-d:n-Z9:D40"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to bring about the downfall of",
"word": "faligi"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to bring about the downfall of",
"word": "kaataa"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to bring about the downfall of",
"word": "renverser"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to bring about the downfall of",
"word": "déposer"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to bring about the downfall of",
"word": "derrocar"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to bring about the downfall of",
"word": "stürzen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to bring about the downfall of",
"word": "umstürzen"
},
{
"code": "el",
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"roman": "anatrépo",
"sense": "to bring about the downfall of",
"word": "ανατρέπω"
},
{
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"roman": "katastréphō",
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to bring about the downfall of",
"word": "megdönt"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "to bring about the downfall of",
"word": "kudeta"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to bring about the downfall of",
"word": "deporre"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to bring about the downfall of",
"word": "rovesciare"
},
{
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"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "horobosu",
"sense": "to bring about the downfall of",
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{
"alt": "てんぷくする",
"code": "ja",
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"roman": "tenpuku-suru",
"sense": "to bring about the downfall of",
"word": "転覆する"
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"code": "ko",
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"sense": "to bring about the downfall of",
"word": "전복(顚覆)하다"
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{
"code": "ko",
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"sense": "to bring about the downfall of",
"word": "무너뜨리다"
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{
"code": "la",
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"sense": "to bring about the downfall of",
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{
"code": "ms",
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"sense": "to bring about the downfall of",
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},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to bring about the downfall of",
"word": "taupoki"
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{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to bring about the downfall of",
"word": "whakatakahuri"
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{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to bring about the downfall of",
"word": "whakataupoki"
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{
"code": "mi",
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"sense": "to bring about the downfall of",
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{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to bring about the downfall of",
"word": "turaki"
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{
"code": "mi",
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"sense": "to bring about the downfall of",
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},
{
"code": "enm",
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"sense": "to bring about the downfall of",
"word": "translaten"
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{
"code": "enm",
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"sense": "to bring about the downfall of",
"word": "werpen"
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"code": "nah",
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"sense": "to bring about the downfall of",
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{
"code": "nah",
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"sense": "to bring about the downfall of",
"word": "tequiua"
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{
"code": "ang",
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"sense": "to bring about the downfall of",
"word": "tōweorpan"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "sarnegun kardan",
"sense": "to bring about the downfall of",
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},
{
"code": "fa",
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"roman": "barândâxtan",
"sense": "to bring about the downfall of",
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"code": "pl",
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"code": "pl",
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"sense": "to bring about the downfall of",
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"code": "pt",
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{
"code": "pt",
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"sense": "to bring about the downfall of",
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{
"code": "pt",
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"sense": "to bring about the downfall of",
"word": "depor"
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{
"code": "pt",
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"sense": "to bring about the downfall of",
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"code": "ru",
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"sense": "to bring about the downfall of",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "сверга́ть"
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"code": "ru",
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"sense": "to bring about the downfall of",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "све́ргнуть"
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"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to bring about the downfall of",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
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},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to bring about the downfall of",
"tags": [
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"code": "sh",
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"tags": [
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],
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{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to bring about the downfall of",
"tags": [
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},
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "to bring about the downfall of",
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},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to bring about the downfall of",
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},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "to bring about the downfall of",
"word": "angusha"
},
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to bring about the downfall of",
"word": "störta"
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"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "skydáty",
"sense": "to bring about the downfall of",
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],
"word": "скида́ти"
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"code": "uk",
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"sense": "to bring about the downfall of",
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"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to bring about the downfall of",
"word": "lật đổ"
},
{
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "to bring about the downfall of",
"word": "stårer"
},
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"code": "pl",
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"code": "pl",
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"sense": "to throw down to the ground",
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"ref": "1891, Henry Boynton, “America”, in History of the Nineteenth Century in the United States and Europe, period I (During the Triumphs of Napoleon’s Empire), Augusta, Me.: Press Co., […], page 352",
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"ref": "2017, David Wood, “Argentina beyond El Proceso: Narratives of National Reconstruction”, in Football and Literature in South America (Routledge Research in Sports History), Abingdon, Oxon., New York, N.Y.: Routledge, page 147",
"text": "[T]he narrator's football team has recently returned triumphant from Buenos Aires after winning the Copa Infantil Evita (Evita Youth Cup), part of the Juegos Evita (Evita Games) that were established in 1948 for children across Argentina, and which ran until the overthrow of Juan Perón in 1955",
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"word": "տապալում"
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],
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"code": "ka",
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"sense": "removal by force or threat of force",
"word": "გადატრიალება"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "removal by force or threat of force",
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"masculine"
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"tags": [
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"code": "la",
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"feminine"
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"code": "mi",
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"word": "whakatakahurihanga"
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"sense": "removal by force or threat of force",
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"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "removal by force or threat of force",
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"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "removal by force or threat of force",
"word": "prevrat"
},
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"ref": "1999, Penny Hastings, “Softball”, in Sports for Her: A Reference Guide for Teenage Girls, Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, page 89",
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"ref": "2000, Thomas Appenzeller, Herb Appenzeller, “Injuries to Spectators”, in Youth Sport and the Law: A Guide to Legal Issues, Durham, N.C.: Carolina Academic Press, page 65",
"text": "On May 6, 1995, eight-year-old Johnny Lupoli was warming up before a baseball game in Wallingford, Connecticut (Sports Illustrated, 1996). Johnny, a pitcher for the Kovacs Insurance team in the Yalesville Little League overthrew his catcher during the pre-game session and hit a spectator. Carol LaRosa, the injured spectator, who's son was a teammate of Lupoli, sued the young pitcher for $15,000 in damages.",
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"ref": "2015, Viridiana Lieberman, “M.V.P.: The Most Vulnerable Player in Children’s Sports Films”, in Sports Heroines on Film: A Critical Study of Cinematic Women Athletes, Coaches and Owners, Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company, page 73",
"text": "One afternoon the local reverend and Curtis are tossing the football around at the park. When the reverend overthrows the ball, Curtis demands that Jasmine put down her book and throw the ball back. This is the moment where Curtis is handed a glimpse of her potential as a football player and begins his quest to inspire her to play.",
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"ref": "2013, Marcus Blackburn, “Lesson 5: Defend as a Team”, in Coaching Rugby Sevens, 2nd edition, London: Bloomsbury Publishing, page 92",
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"ref": "2024 February 12, Ben Morse and Steve Almasy, “Kansas City Chiefs defeat San Francisco 49ers in OT in Super Bowl LVIII, become first back-to-back NFL champions in 19 years”, in CNN.com",
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"ref": "2019 July 14, Stephan Shemilt, “England win Cricket World Cup: Ben Stokes stars in dramatic finale against New Zealand”, in BBC Sport, London",
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