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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.

Meaning of Throwing from wikipedia

- variety of throwing techniques and abilities. These have been emplo**** in warfare – first through rock-throwing, then refined weapon-throwing (e.g. spear)...
- 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...
- predetermined area. Javelin throwing is an event of both the men's decathlon and the women's heptathlon. The javelin throw was added to the Ancient Olympic...
- front of the throwing circle while turning through one and a half circles. The speed of delivery is high, and speed is built up during the throw (slow to...
- 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...
- years, Live's 'Throwing Copper' remains alternative rock gem". The Jakarta Post. Retrieved October 20, 2020. Boldman, Gina. "Throwing Copper – Live"....
- The 2017 Interstate 75 rock-throwing incidents were a series of rock and sandbag throwing incidents from two highway overp****es by teenagers along Interstate...
- 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...
- sport of axe throwing involves a competitor throwing an axe at a target, attempting to hit the bullseye as near as possible. Axe throwing has historically...
- from touch, any one of the same side who at such moment of kicking or throwing is nearer to the opponents' goal-line, is out of play "International Football...
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