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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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