Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Overthrow

Overthrow , transitive verb

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; as, to overthrow a government.
When the walls of Thebes he overthrew. — Dryden
[Gloucester] that seeks to overthrow religion. — Shakespeare
3.
(Baseball) To throw (a baseball) beyond; to throw too high and too far; to overshoot{1}; as, the shortstop overthrew the first baseman.

Overthrow , noun

1.
The act of overthrowing; the state of being overthrown; ruin.
Your sudden overthrow much rueth me. — Spenser
2.
(a) (Baseball) The act of throwing a ball too high, as over a player's head.
(b)
(Baseball) A faulty return of the ball by a fielder, so that the striker makes an additional run.