Greg Graffin

When I was a teenager, science meshed with my developing ideals - such as the challenge to authority that was central to punk rock. In science, anyone from any walk of life could make a discovery that would overturn prevailing hypotheses. And that was a cause for celebration among scientists.

American Musician

Henry Moore

Cezanne had an enormous influence on everyone in that period; there was a change in attitudes to art. People found him disturbing because they didn't like their existing ideas being challenged and overturned. Cezanne was probably the key figure in my lifetime.

English Sculptor

Neil deGrasse Tyson

As a citizen, as a public scientist, I can tell you that Einstein essentially overturned a so strongly established paradigm of science, whereas Darwin didn't really overturn a science paradigm.

American Scientist

Gail Bradbrook

We need a revolution in consciousness to overturn the system we live in, to strengthen our democracy, to find courage and give hope to our children.

British Activist

Michele Bachmann

I do support a constitutional amendment on marriage between a man and a woman, but I would not be going into the states to overturn their state law.

American Politician

Evan McMullin

On the matter - on the issue of life, it's life. So I actually would pursue appointment, court appointments that would overturn Roe v. Wade.

American Public Servant

Darryl Glenn

Donald Trump went through the process, he earned the vote, and I am not in support of overturning the will of the voters.

Johann Most

They make revolutionary propaganda because they know the privileged class can never be overturned peacefully.

German Revolutionary

Bernie Sanders

Hillary Clinton will nominate justices to the Supreme Court who are prepared to overturn Citizens United!

Kay Ivey

We will not rest until Roe v. Wade is overturned.

Used when something physically flips or tips, often accidentally

Physical Action

Commonly associated with accidents or unexpected events

Unexpected Incident

Often implies a negative event, use with care in sensitive contexts

Caution in Usage

Primarily used in legal situations, when a decision is reversed

Legal Context

Indicates a higher authority correcting a lower court's decision

Authority and Power

Marks a significant change or correction in the course of justice

Significant Change

Implies a drastic or complete replacement of a system or policy

Complete Change

Often involves a shift in power or control from one group to another

Power Dynamics

Usually a planned, intentional action within a political context

Political Action

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 most people, including psychologists, would have said that this baby was irrational, illogical, egocentric -- that he couldn't take the perspective of another person or understand cause and effect. In the last 20 years, developmental science has completely overturned that picture.

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 As a result, politics is no longer about seeking compromise and consensus through tolerant democratic institutions. Instead, these leaders seek to overturn what they see as a broken system. This means that where a liberal democracy has the utmost respect for institutions

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 briefly there are so many possibilities that could overturn this journey yet I cannot leave without being certain that I will get to my destination if there's a miracle in the idea of life it is this that we are able to exist for a time in defiance of care

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 is one of the things that makes it so difficult, but it also helps make it enjoyable. And it's one of the reasons that the book is held up as one of the key texts of literary modernism, a movement characterized by overturning traditional modes of writing.

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 who already had a seat was very -- because Liberia has one of the strongest rape laws, and he was one of those really fighting in parliament to overturn that law because he called it barbaric. Rape is not barbaric, but the law, he said, was barbaric.

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 and there we have it. She was everything we were expecting according to the literature, to the research, right down to she was a single mom driven to trade, supporting her kids. So what overturned our assumptions? What surprised us?

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 it's just nourished the good thing about natural scientific methods is that they can be verified the dna analysis that happens in karis mustafin's lab he says it can overturn outdated ways of seeing the world

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 the atlantic ocean has what we call an overturning circulation that could be triggered to collapse are major ecosystems that we could tip into an alternative state for example triggering a climate-induced

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 here's what you should consider you're on an African safari crouched down behind your overturned vehicle and trapped by one of the most protected

Overturn

To cause something to turn or tip over.

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To officially make a legal decision, rule, etc not valid.

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To change something completely and replace it.

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