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Home Dictionary Name: overthrowDemolition
The act of overthrowing pulling down or destroying a pile or structure destruction by violence utter overthrow opposed to construction as the demolition of a house of military works of a town or of hopes...
Terrorism
Terrorism, as ordinarily understood, means the act of terrorising, Muralidhar Sarangi v. New India Assurance Co. Ltd., (2000) 3 SCC 466.It may be possible to describe 'terrorism' as use of violence when its most important result is not merely the physical and mental damage of the victim but the prolonged psychological effect it produces or has the potential of producing on the society as a whole. There may be death, injury, or destruction of property or even deprivation of individual liberty in the process but the extent and reach of the intended terrorist activity travels beyond the effect of an ordinary crime capable of being punished under the ordinary penal law of the land and its main objective is to overawe the Government to disturb harmony of the society or 'terrorise' people and the society and not only those directly assaulted, with a view to disturb even tempo, peace and tranquillity of the society an create a sense of fear and insecurity. A 'terrorist' activity does not mere...
sedition
sedition [Latin seditio, literally, separation, from sed apart + itio act of going, from ire to go] : the crime of creating a revolt, disturbance, or violence against lawful civil authority with the intent to cause its overthrow or destruction compare criminal syndicalism, sabotage se·di·tious [-shəs] adj se·di·tious·ly adv ...
subversion
subversion : a systematic attempt to overthrow or undermine a government or political system by persons working from within ;also : the crime of committing acts in furtherance of such an attempt sub·ver·sion·ary [-zhə-ner-ē] adj sub·ver·sive [-vər-siv] adj or n sub·ver·sive·ly adv sub·ver·sive·ness n ...
treason
treason [Anglo-French treison crime of violence against a person to whom allegiance is owed, literally, betrayal, from Old French traïson, from traïr to betray, from Latin tradere to hand over, surrender] : the offense of attempting to overthrow the government of one's country or of assisting its enemies in war ;specif : the act of levying war against the United States or adhering to or giving aid and comfort to its enemies by one who owes it allegiance trea·son·ous [-əs] adj ...
Bouleversement
Complete overthrow disorder a turning upside down...
Defeasance
A defeat an overthrow...
Defeature
Overthrow defeat...
Discomfiture
The act of discomfiting or the state of being discomfited rout overthrow defeat frustration confusion and dejection...
Downcome
Sudden fall downfall overthrow...
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