overthrowing

ˌoʊvərˈθroʊɪŋ
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Translation of overthrowing from English into German

Adjective

1.

disruption

disrupting or ending a system or institution
  • The overthrowing movement aimed to dismantle the old regime.Die zerstörende Bewegung zielte darauf ab, das alte Regime zu demontieren.
2.

politics

causing the removal of a government or leader
  • The overthrowing forces quickly took control of the capital.Die umstürzenden Kräfte übernahmen schnell die Kontrolle über die Hauptstadt.
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Synonyms and analogies of overthrowing in English

Examples of overthrowing in a sentence

  • The overthrowing campaign was met with resistance.
  • The overthrowing army marched into the city.
  • Overthrowing leaders often leads to chaos.
overthrow
ˌoʊvərˈθroʊ
overthrewoverthrown
Verb
tr.
1.

politics

remove a leader or government by force
  • The rebels aimed to overthrow the dictator.Die Rebellen hatten das Ziel, den Diktator zu stürzen.
2.

sports

throw something beyond its target
überschießen
  • The quarterback tends to overthrow his receivers.Der Quarterback wirft seine Receiver oft über.
Noun
1.

power collapse

downfall or destruction of something
  • The scandal caused the overthrow of the company.Der Skandal verursachte den Sturz des Unternehmens.
2.

politics

removal of a government by force
  • The coup led to the overthrow of the dictator.Der Putsch führte zum Sturz des Diktators.
3.

sports

Rare
throw that goes too far
Rare
Fehlwurf
  • The quarterback's overthrow cost them the game.Der Fehlwurf des Quarterbacks kostete ihnen das Spiel.

Expressions with overthrow: examples in English and translations in German

den Status quo stürzen
die bestehende Ordnung stürzen
The movement aimed to overthrow the status quo after years of unrest.
das Regime stürzen
The citizens united to overthrow the regime peacefully.

Translations of "overthrowing" in Context ordered by category and frequency

Noun
derSturznm.

The overthrowing of the regime is a big thing.

Der Sturz eines Regimes ist eine große Sache.

Get the best score by completing each section without overthrowing the motorcycle.

Erhalten Sie die beste Kerbe, indem Sie jeden Abschnitt ohne Sturz das Motorrad ausfüllen.

derUmsturznm.

It can be the motor for radically overthrowing this society.

Sie kann der Motor für den radikalen Umsturz dieser Gesellschaft werden.

They openly declare that their ends can be attained only by forcibly overthrowing all existing social conditions.

Sie erklären es offen, daß ihre Zwecke nur erreicht werden können durch den gewaltsamen Umsturz aller bisherigen Gesellschaftsordnung.

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Other translations for overthrowing:

  • zu stürzen

overthrowing: Examples and translations in context

The military junta came to power after overthrowing the democratically elected government.

Die Militärjunta gelangte nach dem Sturz der demokratisch gewählten Regierung an die Macht.

The generals came to power after overthrowing the civilian government in a coup.

Die Generäle kamen nach dem Sturz der Zivilregierung durch einen Putsch an die Macht.

The chief task is to preach the necessity of overthrowing the existing power.

Unsere Hauptaufgabe ist es, die Notwendigkeit des Sturzes der bestehenden Macht zu propagieren.

All the time that I was planning on overthrowing you, I desired you.

Ich begehrte dich die ganze Zeit, während ich deinen Umsturz plante.

But obstructing is far from overthrowing.

Von der bloßen Behinderung zum Umsturz ist es allerdings ein weiter Weg.

This has demonstrated that building the institutions to sustain democracy needs at least as hard and enduring work as overthrowing authoritarian regimes.

Das hat gezeigt, dass der Aufbau von Institutionen für nachhaltige Demokratie zumindest genauso harte und kontinuierliche Anstrengungen wie der Umsturz autoritärer Regime erfordert.

This cannot happen without the almost complete overthrow and rewriting of sharia, without overthrowing the madhhab and restoring ijtihad as an important principle.

Das kann nicht geschehen ohne einen fast kompletten Umsturz und ein Neuschreiben der Scharia, ohne das Zerschlagen der Madhhab und der Erneuerung des Ijtihad als einem wichtigen Prinzip.

Since nowhere has the unrest of 1968 continued over the following years in different countries succeeded in overthrowing the ruling social order, the spectacle, which, so to speak, springs spontaneously from this, has grown even stronger on all sides.

Da den 1968er Unruhen, die sich in verschiedenen Ländern in den darauffolgenden Jahren fortgesetzt haben, nirgends ein Umsturz der herrschenden Gesellschaftsordnung gelungen ist, hat sich das Spektakel, das gleichsam spontan aus dieser hervorspringt, allenthalben weiter verstärkt.

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