Overthrowing
[,əuvə'θrəuɪŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overthrow
Typed by Evangeline
Examples
- No doubt what gave special zest to his study of the alkalis was the hope of overthrowing the doctrine of French chemists that oxygen was the e ssential element of every acid. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- This comes nearer to overthrowing the doctrine of the conservation of energy, said he, than anything I ever saw. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
Typed by Evangeline