Countered
Overthrew and countered are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Overthrew" instead a verb "Countered".
Nearby Words: counter, countering
Overthrew
Both words in one sentence
- In 1884 the Gapsin Coup would occur, when a group of pro-Japanese reformers briefly overthrew the pro-Chinese conservative Korean government in a bloody coup d'état, which was then countered by a Chinese backed pro-Chinese coup d'état with similarly bloody results.
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