To overturn; upset.To throw down; prostrate.Hence — To overcome; defeat; vanquish.To subvert; overturn; ruin; spoil.To cast down; deject.Synonyms Overpower, Overwhelm, etc. (see defeat), overcome, master, worst, crush. Subvert, etc. See overturn.n. The act of overthrowing, or the state of being overthrown; subversion; destruction; discomfiture; defeat; conquest: as, the overthrow of a tower, of a city, of plans, of one's reason.n. Synonyms Prostration, wreck, rout. See defeat, v. t.n. In cricket, a throw of the ball which sends it past the fielder at the wicket, so that additional runs are made in consequence.In cricket, to throw (the ball) inaccurately at the wicket, and so give unearned runs to the opposing batsman.