Word: overthrown
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...fighters will march on Baghdad, slicing away pieces of Saddam's territory as their offensives persuade demoralized Iraqi army units to desert. When civilians witness the burgeoning success of the insurgents, the brittle walls surrounding the dictator's regime will collapse amid a general uprising, and Saddam will be overthrown...
After a critical offsides penalty pushedPrinceton into a first-and-15 at midfield, juniorsafety Ben Green came up with a game-winningtakeaway, intercepting a badly overthrown ballfrom Burnham at the Harvard 27 to preserve aone-point lead...
...unsportsmanlike conduct foul--a purely preventable mental error--forced junior quarterback Rich Linden into a third-and-23 passing situation, and his badly overthrown ball for junior flanker Terence Patterson on a crossing route fell into Brinley's hands at the Lehigh 8-yard line and was returned to midfield...
When Gorbachev was overthrown, for some reason everyone thought it was a good thing. The conservatives were pleased because in their eyes he was the cause of the regime's demise (they were absolutely right). The radicals were happy because in their opinion he was an obstacle to the republics' independence and too cautious in enacting economic reforms. (They too were correct.) This man with the stain on his forehead attempted simultaneously to contain and transform the country, to destroy and reconstruct, right on the spot. One can be Hercules and clean the Augean stable. One can be Atlas...
...Shah of Iran is overthrown, and the Ayatullah Khomeini takes charge...