Overthrow
Overthrow noun - Failure to win a contest.
Plot and overthrow are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Plot" instead a noun "Overthrow".
Nearby Words: overthrown, overthrowing
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Men at Arms: A break-in at the Assassins' Guild → a plot to overthrow the Patrician.
Source: Minor Crime Reveals Major Plot -
The Fifth Elephant: The murder of a rubber goods manufacturer and the theft of a replica Scone of Stone → a plot to overthrow the Low King of the Dwarfs.
Source: Minor Crime Reveals Major Plot -
In season two, they both become The Starscream and plot to overthrow Rothstein, though it'll take them a few years until his death and their rise to power.
Source: Co-Dragons
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Plot and Overthrow. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/overthrow/plot
Overthrow & Plot. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/overthrow/plot>.
Plot or Overthrow. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/overthrow/plot.
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