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Meaning of overturn

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  overturn
      n 1: the act of upsetting something; "he was badly bruised by
           the upset of his sled at a high speed" [syn: {upset},
           {overturn}, {turnover}]
      2: an improbable and unexpected victory; "the biggest upset
         since David beat Goliath" [syn: {overturn}, {upset}]
      v 1: turn from an upright or normal position; "The big vase
           overturned"; "The canoe tumped over" [syn: {overturn},
           {turn over}, {tip over}, {tump over}]
      2: cause to overturn from an upright or normal position; "The
         cat knocked over the flower vase"; "the clumsy customer
         turned over the vase"; "he tumped over his beer" [syn:
         {overturn}, {tip over}, {turn over}, {upset}, {knock over},
         {bowl over}, {tump over}]
      3: rule against; "The Republicans were overruled when the House
         voted on the bill" [syn: {overrule}, {overturn}, {override},
         {overthrow}, {reverse}]
      4: cause the downfall of; of rulers; "The Czar was overthrown";
         "subvert the ruling class" [syn: {overthrow}, {subvert},
         {overturn}, {bring down}]
      5: cancel officially; "He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an
         embargo"; "vacate a death sentence" [syn: {revoke}, {annul},
         {lift}, {countermand}, {reverse}, {repeal}, {overturn},
         {rescind}, {vacate}]
      6: change radically; "E-mail revolutionized communication in
         academe" [syn: {revolutionize}, {revolutionise}, {overturn}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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