overthrowal

English

Etymology

From overthrow +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /əʊvəˈθɹəʊəl/

Noun

overthrowal (plural overthrowals)

1. The act of overthrowing something or someone.
   • 1942, Rebecca West, Black Lamb and Grey Falcon, Canongate, published 2006, →ISBN, page 818:

     So he will interfere with natural growth by subjecting himself to unnatural discipline and putting himself to impossible tasks, such as the upsetting of kings and the overthrowal of empires.