The Clue
Vanquished (10 letter answer)
The Answer
OVERTURNED
Tags
Notes
The answer OVERTURNED is so rare that it appears less than once every 2500 puzzles.
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Upset
Upset the boat
Definition
OVERTURN as a verb:
1. (overturn, turn over, tip over, tump over) = turn from an upright or normal position; "The big vase overturned"; "The canoe tumped over"
2. (overturn, tip over, turn over, upset, knock over, bowl over, tump over) = cause to overturn from an upright or normal position; "The cat knocked over the flower vase"; "the clumsy customer turned over the vase"; "he tumped over his beer"
3. (overrule, overturn, override, overthrow, reverse) = rule against; "The Republicans were overruled when the House voted on the bill"
4. (overthrow, subvert, overturn, bring down) = cause the downfall of; of rulers; "The Czar was overthrown"; "subvert the ruling class"
5. (revoke, annul, lift, countermand, reverse, repeal, overturn, rescind, vacate) = annul by recalling or rescinding; "He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an embargo"; "vacate a death sentence"
6. (revolutionize, revolutionise, overturn) = change radically; "E-mail revolutionized communication in academe"
OVERTURNED as an adjective:
1. (overturned, upset, upturned) = having been turned so that the bottom is no longer the bottom; "an overturned car"; "the upset pitcher of milk"; "sat on an upturned bucket"