Build and Overthrow

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Build

Build verb - To form by putting together parts or materials.
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Overthrow is an antonym for build in topics: increase, initiate, construct structure.
Nearby Words: built, building, buildup, builder

Overthrow

Overthrow verb - Rule against.
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Synonyms for Overthrow
Antonyms for Overthrow
Build is an antonym for overthrow in defeat topic.
Nearby Words: overthrown, overthrowing
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How words are described

complete complete build complete overthrow
final final build final overthrow

Common collocations

society build society overthrow society
world build world overthrow world
empire build empire overthrow empire

Both words in one sentence

  • Western Animation / Wild West C.O.W.-Boys of Moo Mesa Mules Burne from "The Wild Wild Pest" is short in stature, but also kidnaps a bunch of inventors to build a giant robot for him to control and overthrow the governor with.
    Source: Western Animation / Wild West C.O.W.-Boys of Moo Mesa
  • Literature / Left Behind Also in Kingdom Come, the Other Light attempts to build a resistance force in order to overthrow Christ at the end of the Millennium when Satan is loosed from imprisonment, despite that Scripture says it will end in failure...as it eventually does by the end of the book.
    Source: Literature / Left Behind
  • Western Animation / Totally Spies! Fun with Acronyms: League Aiming to Menace and Overthrow Spies (L.A.M.O.S.) Genius Ditz: Stacy from "Evil Roommate" needed to steal the intelligence of smarter students to pass her classes, yet she was at least smart enough to build an intelligence transfering machine in the first place.
    Source: Western Animation / Totally Spies!
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Antonyms for overthrow

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