Ending
Overthrow
Overthrow noun - The termination of a ruler or institution (especially by force).
Ending and overthrow are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Ending" instead a noun "Overthrow".
Nearby Words: overthrown, overthrowing
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They were so instrumental in ending the three-way civil war that later generations of kings were afraid that they might be used to overthrow them and put another king on the throne.
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Necessarily Evil: Cladwell, and, by extension, the entire UGC Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: The ending, when the heroes' overthrow of UGC results in an even worse drought.
Source: Theatre / Urinetown - X to overthrow him and become the new crime lord, making this a bad ending.
Source: Golden Ending
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Overthrow and Ending. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/ending/overthrow
Ending & Overthrow. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/ending/overthrow>.
Overthrow or Ending. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/ending/overthrow.
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