overturns in English

noun

1

an act of turning over or upsetting something; a revolution, subversion, or reversal.

For the most part the only people who actually bothered to look at the registration rolls and allow the overturn of bogus objections were a few retirees who volunteer as polling officials during elections.

verb

1

tip (something) over so that it is on its side or upside down.

the crowd proceeded to overturn cars and set them on fire

2

abolish, invalidate, or reverse (a previous system, decision, situation, etc.).

the results overturned previous findings

synonyms: cancel, reverse, rescind, repeal, revoke, retract, countermand, disallow, override, overrule, veto, quash, overthrow, annul, nullify, invalidate, negate, void, vacate, abrogate, recall

noun

upset
upset, turnover

verb

capsize, upset, cancel, bring down, repeal, override, knock over, tip over, revolutionize
capsize, turn turtle, keel over, tip over, topple over, turn over, flip, pitchpole
upset, tip over, topple over, turn over, knock over, upend
cancel, reverse, rescind, repeal, revoke, retract, countermand, disallow, override, overrule, veto, quash, overthrow, annul, nullify, invalidate, negate, void, vacate, abrogate, recall
bring down, subvert, overthrow
repeal, countermand, revoke, annul, lift, vacate, rescind, reverse
override, overrule, overthrow, reverse
knock over, bowl over, tip over, upset, turn over
tip over, turn over
revolutionize

Use "overturns" in a sentence

1. Pouring out the coins of the money changers, he overturns their tables.

2. Jesus also pours out the coins of the money changers and overturns their tables.

3. This paper overturns this conventional wisdom about Backscatter and presents the first wide-area Backscatter system

4. 25 It crosses terrain that overturns other robots or stops them dead in their caterpillar tracks.

5. Then he overturns the tables of the greedy money changers and the benches of those selling doves.