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Meaning of "were overthrown"
This phrase indicates that a group or individual in power was forcefully removed or deposed from their position, often as a result of a revolution or uprising
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This was particularly true if rulers were overthrown or executed.
The civic authorities were overthrown by a popular movement that ruled through a general assembly.
All her ornithological ideas were overthrown.
And we were overthrown.
The barriers that prevented economic expansion were overthrown.
This is while they were overthrown later on.
They were overthrown because half of the country went and protested against them.
Three times democratic governments were overthrown by military coups.
They were overthrown in the sixth century and migrated to Scandinavia.
The people were overthrown.
The practice was dropped after the Derg were overthrown.
Then they were overthrown by the English.
The revolutionaries were overthrown.
The coup leaders were overthrown in a counter coup by Brigadier Khaled Musharraf.
Some of the kings were assassinated and their dynasties were overthrown by usurpers.
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After the Shang were overthrown by the Zhou dynasty in c.
The following year the Bourbons were overthrown.
The Druids were overthrown by the Romans during the reign of Claudius.
The governments that were the governments that were overthrown were not communist governments.
Many of them are refugees who returned to the country when the Taliban were overthrown.
The governments of all three countries were overthrown by the United States.
So the priests were overthrown by kings, who soon declared themselves priests.
The Merinids eventually declined and they were overthrown.
When the reformers were overthrown or executed, their radical new calendar was quickly abandoned.
It has been twenty years since the godlike Augurs were overthrown and killed.
They were overthrown internally, despite US support for them.
These descendants of the early Taínos were overthrown by the Kalinago tribe of the Caribs.
And those who framed me to send me to jail, they were overthrown.
They were overthrown - With the most terrible marks of his displeasure.
But they were astonished ; these lifted up their voices, but they were overthrown.
In the post-independence years, monarchies were overthrown in a series of countries in the Arab world.
After less than six months in power, the Lancastrians were overthrown.
They ruled the Earth until they were overthrown by the Olympians, their offspring.
When Christ the Creator was put on the cross, all the foundations were overthrown.
This was directly after the Ottomans were overthrown and the state of Bulgaria was re-established.
After the population of Rome had become predominantly Italic, the Etruscan kings were overthrown.
After ruling it for some time, they were overthrown by the invading Tuatha Dé Danann.
Famous figures of the past, which have long ago lost trust, were overthrown.
These, of course, were overthrown by Congress.
The last emperor and the entire imperial system were overthrown in 1911.
All these guys were overthrown from within, despite enormous U.S. support.
Subsequently, without their protectors, the Quintessons were overthrown and forced to flee Cybertron.
They were overthrown by Emperor Go-Sanjo.
Shortly after his death, Gunnhild and her husband were overthrown and exiled.
The Umayyads were overthrown in 750 by the ' Abbāsids and most of the Umayyad clan massacred.
Thereafter, the Mongols governed the region and finally were overthrown by the Teimoorids.
The Sakas were overthrown in turn by the Da Yuezhi ( " Greater Yuezhi " ) during subsequent decades.
In Southeast Asia, the right-wing developmental dictatorships were overthrown by popular uprisings.
After 20 to 45 years, they were overthrown by a new line of pharaohs based in Herakleopolis Magna.
In Libya and Tunisia, regimes were overthrown.
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He was overthrown and killed of his own people
Now my country has been overthrown by the military
And overthrown more than your enemies
