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Meanings
- to overturn, to capsize, to upset
- to overthrow (government etc.)
- to reverse (decision etc.), to disprove (an established theory etc.), to overrule
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New evidence overturned the court's verdict.
The revolution succeeded in overthrowing the long-standing dictatorship.
Her research findings were something that disproved the conventional academic theory.
It is not easy to reverse a decision that has already been made.
The experts unanimously insisted that no new evidence, however compelling, could disprove the established theory that had been built up over many years.
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