Overthrow /(?)/

imp. Overthrew; p. p. Overthrown; p. pr. & vb. n. Overthrowing

1. To throw over; to overturn; to upset; to turn upside down.

   His wife overthrew the table.

2. To cause to fall or to fail; to subvert; to defeat; to make a ruin of; to destroy; as, to overthrow a government.

   When the walls of Thebes he overthrew.

   [Gloucester] that seeks to overthrow religion.

3. To throw (a baseball) beyond; to throw too high and too far; to overshoot{1}; as, the shortstop overthrew the first baseman. (Baseball)

1. The act of overthrowing; the state of being overthrown; ruin.

   Your sudden overthrow much rueth me.

2. The act of throwing a ball too high, as over a player's head. (Baseball)