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   overturn

   verb

   • 1. tip (something) over so that it is on its side or upside down: "the crowd proceeded to overturn cars and set them on fire"
   • ▪ turn over and come to rest upside down: "a coach hit a car and overturned" Similar capsizeturn turtlekeel overtip overtopple overturn overoverbalanceturn topsy-turvypitchpoleupsettip overtopple overturn overthrow overoverthrowknock overupendinvertturn topsy-turvyinformal:rollcowparchaic:overset
   • 2. abolish, invalidate, or reverse (a previous system, decision, situation, etc.): "the results overturned previous findings" Similar cancelreverserescindrepealrevokeretractcountermandwithdrawtake backrule againstdisallowoverrideoverrulevetoset asidequashoverthrowrepudiaterecantannulnullifydeclare null and voidinvalidatenegatevoidabrogatevacatearchaic:recallOpposite allowaccept

   noun

   • 1. an act of overturning something. rare
   • ▪ the occasional (typically twice yearly) mixing of the water of a thermally stratified lake. rare

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   What does overturn mean?

   • Get a quick, free translation! OVERTURN definition: 1. to (cause to) turn over: 2. to change a legal decision: 3. If you overturn someone's majority…. Learn more.

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   What does 'transitive overturn' mean?

   • [transitive] overturn something to officially decide that a legal decision, etc. is not correct, and to make it no longer legally recognized His sentence was overturned by the appeal court. He hopes that councillors will overturn the decision.

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   What does it mean to overturn a government?

   • To overturn a government or system means to remove it or destroy it. He accused his opponents of wanting to overturn the government. [VERB noun] ...a society where all the old values had been overturned. [VERB noun] Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers 1. 4. Collins English Dictionary.

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   What does it mean to overturn a decision?

   • To reverse a decision or ruling: Rather than accept defeat, the company filed a complaint in federal appeals court to overturn the ruling. The act of turning something onto its side, face, or back; capsizing: When his canoe overturned, he lost scientific instruments and journals. The state of being overturned.

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   Overturn definition: to cause (something) to turn onto its side, face, or back; upset. See examples of OVERTURN used in a sentence.

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