Overthrow and Support

Overthrow

Overthrow verb - Rule against.

Support is an antonym for overthrow in defeat topic.

Nearby Words: overthrown, overthrowing

Support

Support verb - To promote the interests or cause of.

Overthrow is an antonym for support.

How words are described

complete complete overthrow complete support

Common collocations

family overthrow family support family
rule overthrow rule support rule
republic overthrow republic support republic
government overthrow government support government
Other words: empire, brother, sister.

Both words in one sentence

  • Anime / Endride La Résistance: The Ignauts are a revolutionary army seeking an ideally non-violent overthrow of the kingship in hopes of more equality and support for the disadvantaged.
  • All one has to do is to successfully overthrow the government and name oneself Emperor, and the military will support him or her.
  • Gone Horribly Right Unfortunately, being in an African dictatorship, all the ministers are plotting the president's overthrow, and after several such revelations, the room descends in chaos as all the ministers put their plans in action at the same time, all calling on the same military to support them.
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