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What does overturn mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word overturn? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. To turn over, capsize or upset (something)
  2. To overthrow or destroy something
  3. (law) To reverse a decision; to overrule or rescind
  4. To diminish the significance of a previous defeat by winning; to comeback from.
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So it is very hard to see how the teleological argument, any more than the cosmological, can overturn the argument from evil.
Supreme Court Justices are ultimate lawmakers under our Constitution, for they can overturn the lawmaking of all others.
Japan will lead the charge to overturn a ban on commercial whaling when the International Whaling Commission meets in just over a week.
Anti-abortion activists launched a petition campaign on January 22 in a bid to overturn the veto.
He's been attempting to overturn the conviction because the police tracked his burner phone to a Texas rest stop.
However, eddying mixing motion can overturn this density profile, momentarily lifting heavy water above light water.

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