Breakdown
Overthrow
Overthrow noun - Failure to win a contest.
Breakdown and overthrow are semantically related in downfall topic. Sometimes you can use "Breakdown" instead a noun "Overthrow".
Nearby Words: overthrown, overthrowing
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How words are described
| complete | complete breakdown | complete overthrow |
| violent | violent breakdown | violent overthrow |
| final | final breakdown | final overthrow |
| subsequent | subsequent breakdown | subsequent overthrow |
| Other adjectives: eventual. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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Villainous Breakdown: The Sheriff goes through one of these after Robin and the outlaws put paid to a large chunk of his Evil Plan to overthrow the King.Sheriff: In ten days' time, the barons are coming.
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