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Overturn

ˌəʊvəˈtəːn

Overturn definitions

verb

Inflections:

overturn overturned overturning overturns

tip (something) over so that it is on its side or upside down

"the crowd proceeded to overturn cars and set them on fire"

Synonyms:
fall tumble overturn overbalance tip keel drop pitch plunge capsize collapse founder plummet dive lose one's balance go head over heels
- turn over and come to rest upside down
  
  "a coach hit a car and overturned"
abolish, invalidate, or reverse (a previous system, decision, situation, etc.)

"the results overturned previous findings"

Synonyms:
cancel reverse rescind repeal revoke retract countermand withdraw take back rule against disallow override overrule veto set aside quash overthrow repudiate recant annul nullify declare null and void invalidate negate void abrogate

noun

Inflections:

overturn overturns

an act of overturning something
- the occasional (typically twice yearly) mixing of the water of a thermally stratified lake