āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
overturn
/ËÉâĘvÉtËÉËn/
to overturn
01
āĻā§āĻāĻžāĻ¤ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻĒāĻ°āĻžāĻāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to cause the downfall or removal of rulers or leaders
Transitive: to overturn a ruler
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Over time, internal dissent and external pressures can overturn oppressive regimes.
āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§ āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§, āĻ
āĻā§āĻ¯āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻŽāĻ¤āĻŦāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻ§ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻŦāĻžāĻšā§āĻ¯āĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻĒ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻĒā§āĻĄāĻŧāĻ¨āĻāĻžāĻ°ā§ āĻļāĻžāĻ¸āĻ¨āĻā§ āĻā§āĻāĻžāĻ¤ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĨ¤
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
He accidentally overturned the glass of water while reaching for his phone.
āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻā§āĻ˛āĻŦāĻļāĻ¤ āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ° āĻā§āĻ˛āĻžāĻ¸āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻ˛ā§āĻā§ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨ āĻ¯āĻāĻ¨ āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻĢā§āĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻĒā§āĻāĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
03
āĻāĻ˛ā§āĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§, āĻĒāĻžāĻ˛ā§āĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§
to flip or turn something upside down
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The boat overturned in the storm, throwing everyone into the water.
āĻāĻĄāĻŧā§ āĻ¨ā§āĻāĻž āĻāĻ˛ā§āĻā§ āĻā§āĻ˛, āĻ¸āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻā§ āĻāĻ˛ā§ āĻĢā§āĻ˛ā§ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
04
āĻāĻ˛ā§āĻā§ āĻĻā§āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž, āĻŦāĻžāĻ¤āĻŋāĻ˛ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to reverse, abolish, or invalidate something, especially a legal decision
Transitive: to overturn a legal decision
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The appeal was successful, and the judge agreed to overturn the jury's verdict.
āĻāĻĒāĻŋāĻ˛ āĻ¸āĻĢāĻ˛ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛, āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻ°āĻ āĻā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ° āĻ°āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻŦāĻžāĻ¤āĻŋāĻ˛ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻŽāĻ¤ āĻšāĻ¨āĨ¤
05
āĻŦāĻžāĻ¤āĻŋāĻ˛ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻāĻ˛ā§āĻā§ āĻĻā§āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
to cancel or annul a previous decision, law, or situation formally or authoritatively
Transitive: to overturn a decision or law
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The decision to overturn the law sparked widespread protests across the country.
āĻāĻāĻ¨ āĻŦāĻžāĻ¤āĻŋāĻ˛ āĻāĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻāĻŋ āĻ¸āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻĻā§āĻļā§ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻĒāĻ āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āĻˇā§āĻā§āĻ° āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻĒāĻžāĻ¤ āĻāĻāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤
Overturn
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The sudden overturn of the canoe tossed them into the river.
āĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻāĻ¸ā§āĻŽāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻ˛ā§āĻā§ āĻ¯āĻžāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻ¨āĻĻā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻā§āĻāĻĄāĻŧā§ āĻĢā§āĻ˛ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
02
an unexpected or improbable victory, reversal, or triumph
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Analysts were stunned by the political overturn in the election.
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
overturn
turn
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
