OVERTHROW Copy link • OVERTHROW 1. v. destruere (to take asunder; opposed to construere): demoliri (to break down, and destroy): diruere, proruere (to separate by throwing down, to destroy): evertere (by digging and tearing up what is fixed in the ground; opposed to fundare; e.g., urbem, rempublicam: reipublicae fundamenta): pervertere (by pushing down what stands fast): subvertere (by secretly undermining; e.g., imperium, leges, libertatem, etc.): delere (blot out; hence, deprive of its existence): exstinguere (to put out, and so cause to cease; hope, spem, etc.): tollere (to take away; destroy, urbem, legem, etc.): to overthrow utterly, funditus tollere, evertere, etc. To overthrow plans, etc., ad vanum, or ad irritum, or ad vanum et irritum redigere (☞ avoid ad nihil redigere in this sense): perimere: disturbare (e.g., nuptias, legem): to overthrow all a person’s plans, disturbare alicui omnes rationes: to overthrow one’s opinion, opiaione aliquem dejicere. 2. s. Act of overthrowing, destructio; demolitio; or by the verbs. Destruction, ruin, obitus (the mildest term; often used for natural death): occasus (of a person or thing). (The words are found in this connection and order.) obitus occasusque; obitus et occasus; ruinae; occasus et ruinae; interitus (a ceasing to be; of a person or thing; stronger than occasus). (The words are found in this connection and order.) occasus interitusque; interitus atque obitus; exitium (tragical end of a person or thing): pernicies (destruction or violent end; occasioned by a living agent).