Overthrow
Overthrow verb - Rule against.
Save and overthrow are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Save" instead a verb "Overthrow".
Nearby Words: overthrown, overthrowing
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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When Booster messes up the timeline by trying to save Ted, they reunite the old members of the Justice League International to overthrow Maxwell Lord in an alternate timeline.
Source: Comic Book / Booster Gold -
Seconds before this, Ares calls out to Zeus to save his life (like he did in the prologue), but it seems dear old daddy wasn't too pleased with the "overthrow Olympus and destroy the world" plan.
- When Terek tries to persuade Flash to help him overthrow his father, he tells Flash he just might "save every one of us" — a lyric from the theme song to the 1980 film.
Source: Mythology Gag / Live-Action TV
Cite this Source
Save and Overthrow. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/overthrow/save
Overthrow & Save. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/overthrow/save>.
Save or Overthrow. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/overthrow/save.
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