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  • 71dethrone — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. depose; oust. See nullification. Ant., enthrone. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. depose, oust, degrade; see dismiss 1 , oust . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. remove from power, depose, unseat, oust,… …

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  • 72light — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) I adj. airy (see levity); frivolous, jesting, jocular, lightsome; giddy, dizzy, flighty; wanton; nimble, agile; flippant, pert, insouciant; humorous; trivial. See cheerfulness, unimportance, impurity,… …

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  • 73overturn — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. invert, upset, reverse; overthrow, destroy. See change, confutation, destruction, inversion. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. upset, reverse, upturn, overthrow; see upset 1 . See Synonym Study at upset .… …

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  • 74remove — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. depart, go away, move; displace, excise, shift, eliminate, take off, discharge, evict. See ejection, departure, deduction, extraction, transfer, transportation, displacement. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To …

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  • 75subvert — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. overthrow, overturn, upset; ruin, fell, raze. See destruction. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. overturn, overthrow, suppress, supplant, supersede, ruin, destroy, extinguish, invert, depress, upset,… …

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  • 76throw — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. pitch, toss, cast, fling, hurl, sling; propel, project, unhorse, unseat; slang, stop, disconcert, confound. See propulsion. throw away or out throw up II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To hurl] Syn. fling, butt …

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  • 77tumble — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. fall, roll; leap, spring; throw, overturn, disarrange, dishevel, tousle; toss, pitch. See descent, agitation. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. drop, plunge, descend; see fall 1 , topple , trip 1 . III (Roget s …

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  • 78unseat — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. displace; depose. See displacement. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To unsaddle] Syn. dismount, expel, get down; see eject 1 , remove 1 . 2. [To oust] Syn. disbar, depose, replace; see dismiss 1 , 2 . III… …

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  • 79usurp — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. seize, expropriate, arrogate, appropriate; conquer, annex, snatch, grab. See illegality, stealing. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. assume, appropriate, expropriate, commandeer, lay hold of; see also seize… …

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  • 80bring down — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To kill] Syn. slay, murder, cut down, mow down*; see kill 1 . 2. [To cause to fall] Syn. injure, wound, overthrow; see fell , hurt 1 , oust . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb 1. To cause to fall, as from a shot or blow: cut… …

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