overturn

Noun

• an improbable and unexpected victory
  • the biggest upset since David beat Goliath
    

• the act of upsetting something
  • he was badly bruised by the upset of his sled at a high speed
    

Verb

• change radically
  • E-mail revolutionized communication in academe
    

• cancel officially
  • He revoked the ban on smoking
    
  • lift an embargo
    
  • vacate a death sentence
    

• cause the downfall of; of rulers
  • The Czar was overthrown
    
  • subvert the ruling class
    

• rule against
  • The Republicans were overruled when the House voted on the bill
    

• 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
    

• turn from an upright or normal position
  • The big vase overturned
    
  • The canoe tumped over
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  upset , turnover , revolutionize , revolutionise , revoke , annul , lift , countermand , reverse , repeal , rescind , vacate , overthrow , subvert , bring down , overrule , override , tip over , turn over , knock over , bowl over , tump over