Loose
Overthrow
Overthrow verb - Rule against.
Loose and overthrow are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Loose" instead a verb "Overthrow".
Nearby Words: overthrown, overthrowing
Both words in one sentence
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Celestia was afraid that an Eldritch Abomination was loose in her kingdom, plotting to overthrow her and her sister, and bring about nighttime eternal.
Source: Fanfic / Past Sins - In revenge for Zeus' overthrow of her children, the Titans, Gaia gave birth to the Giants by Uranus and Typhon by Tartarus and turned them loose on him, never mind that Cronus was guilty of the exact same crimes he had killed his own father for.
- An example presented as history, in He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, Keldor's original defeat led to a war called the Great Unrest, where several warlords formed a loose alliance in an attempt to overthrow the fledgling kingdom.
Source: Evil Power Vacuum
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