overturn
oh ver turn
- n the act of upsetting something
- n an improbable and unexpected victory
- v turn from an upright or normal position
The big vase overturned - v cause to overturn from an upright or normal position
- v rule against
- v cause the downfall of; of rulers
- v cancel officially
- v change radically
- She earned a law degree in 1978 and managed in the mid-1980s to overturn a death sentence against a blind woman who was gang-raped and then, grotesquely, charged with adultery.
- The Supreme Court, in a case that arose from a film attacking Hillary Clinton, wrestled on Wednesday with whether to overturn prohibitions on political campaign spending by .
- They voted to overturn the challenged governmental action in about 1 out of every 6 constitutional cases.