Definition of "overthrowing" []

• Present participle of overthrow. (verb)

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• "If the American government had not been involved in overthrowing king Norodom Sihaknouk in early 1970, and bombing in Cambodia, would there have been any Killing Fields?"
• "If she had, like fellow honoree Desmond Tutu, taken a leading part in overthrowing apartheid, it would make sense to say that the White House vetters were dazzled by good deeds and failed to notice dubious words."
• "So you agree that the US Government under Eisenhower through the CIA was wrong in overthrowing the democratically elected prime minister of Iran in 1953?"