Overthrow and Plot

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

Plot

Plot noun - A secret plan for accomplishing evil or unlawful ends.

Overthrow and plot are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Overthrow" instead a noun "Plot".

Nearby Words: plotted, plotting, plotless

How words are described

complete complete overthrow complete plot
said said overthrow said plot

Common collocations

way overthrow way plot way
sister overthrow sister plot sister

Both words in one sentence

  • Minor Crime Reveals Major Plot Men at Arms: A break-in at the Assassins' Guild → a plot to overthrow the Patrician.
  • 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.
  • Co-Dragons 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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