Engage
Overthrow
Overthrow verb - Rule against.
Engage and overthrow are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Engage" instead a verb "Overthrow".
Nearby Words: overthrown, overthrowing
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Les Justes by Albert Camus, about a group of idealistic students who engage in terrorist acts in order to overthrow a despotic regime, features the famous quote "One begins by desiring justice, and one ends up setting up a police."
Source: Full-Circle Revolution
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