Overthrow

(noun.) the termination of a ruler or institution (especially by force).

(verb.) cause the downfall of; of rulers; 'The Czar was overthrown'; 'subvert the ruling class'.

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• It was certainly the act of an insane man to attempt the invasion of the South, and the overthrow of slavery, with less than twenty men. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• An essential condition of the peace he sought through the overthrow of German imperialism was, he declared, to be this federal organ. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Kings and Jacobins were at one, when it came to the question of his overthrow. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Such an overthrow of every thing she had been wishing for! 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• Most of these things that distress you, you can avoid; most of these things that dominate you, you can overthrow. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Fighting viciously every readjustment which a nation demands, they make their own overthrow inevitable. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• The usual diligence and order of the Counting-house at the Works were overthrown. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• The path of scientific progress is strewn with the ruins of overthrown hypotheses. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• There had been a brief all-German parliament at Frankfort in 1848, which was overthrown in 1849 by the Prussian monarchy. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Respect, esteem, and confidence had vanished for ever; and all his views of domestic happiness were overthrown. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• The cables are then passed over towers, on which they are supported in movable saddles, so that the towers are not overthrown by the strain on the cables. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• In the jar of her whole being, Pity was overthrown. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• No doubt what gave special zest to his study of the alkalis was the hope of overthrowing the doctrine of French chemists that oxygen was the e ssential element of every acid. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• This comes nearer to overthrowing the doctrine of the conservation of energy, said he, than anything I ever saw. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• As on the former occasion he overthrew the cauldron before leaping, sinuous and catlike, into the lower branches of the forest giant. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• When unopposed they spread their ravages wide; in cases of danger they clustered, and by dint of numbers overthrew their weak and despairing foes. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.

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