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Overthrowing
Overthrow O`ver*throw", v. t. [imp. Overthrew; p. p. Overthrown; p. pr. & vb. n. Overthrowing.] 1. To throw over; to overturn; to upset; to turn upside down. His wife overthrew the table. --Jer. Taylor. 2. To cause to fall or to fail; to subvert; to defeat; to make a ruin of; to destroy. When the walls of Thebes he overthrew. --Dryden. [Gloucester] that seeks to overthrow religion. --Shak. Syn: To demolish; overturn; prostrate; destroy; ruin; subvert; overcome; conquer; defeat; discomfit; vanquish; beat; rout.
Throwing stick
Throw Throw, v. i. To throw back, to revert to an ancestral type or character. ``A large proportion of the steerage passengers throw back to their Darwinian ancestry.' --The Century. Throwing stick Throw"ing stick` (Anthropol.) An instrument used by various savage races for throwing a spear; -- called also throw stick and spear thrower. One end of the stick receives the butt of the spear, as upon a hook or thong, and the other end is grasped with the hand, which also holds the spear, toward the middle, above it with the finger and thumb, the effect being to bring the place of support nearer the center of the spear, and practically lengthen the arm in the act of throwing.

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- usually with the aim of impacting a distant target. Throwing typically refers to hand-throwing by animals with prehensile forelimbs, in which the projectile...
- on to continue her solo career. In March 2003, Throwing Muses came back with their eighth album, Throwing Muses, which also saw the return of Tanya Donelly...
- cultures there are traditions of throwing old shoes at married couples at their wedding to bring good luck, or throwing shoes over the shoulder to predict...
- Throwing sports, or throwing games, are physical, human competitions where the outcome is measured by a player's ability to throw an object. The two primary...
- Stone throwing or rock throwing, when it is directed at another person (called stone pelting in India), is often considered a form of criminal battery...
- Album 'Throwing Copper'". Universal Music Enterprises. July 19, 2019. Archived from the original on July 11, 2023. Retrieved June 1, 2020. Throwing Copper...
- remove the throwing evil, had a very healthy effect on the game." Sydney Pardon, the editor of Wisden, accused quick bowler Ernest Jones of throwing during...
- Goat throwing (in Spanish: Lanzamiento de cabra desde campanario or Salto de la cabra) was a festival celebrated in the town of Manganeses de la Polvorosa...
- Look up throw, throwing, thrown, or throws in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Throwing is the launching of a ballistic projectile by hand. Throw, thrown...
- category from ordinary knives. Throwing knives are used by many cultures around the world, and as such different tactics for throwing them have been developed...