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The phrase "be overthrown" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation in which a leader or government is removed from power by force, usually by a revolution. For example: "The ruling regime was overthrown by a group of revolutionaries."
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be overthrown
verb
To throw down to the ground, to overturn.
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(You never knew when Boehner might quit or be overthrown).
God would never let him be overthrown like the tyrant Mubarak.
Not all dynasties need to be overthrown, of course; some implode.
The sporting industrial complex would be overthrown and Corinthian ideals would reign once more.
"I do not believe she will be overthrown," Ms. James said.
He further maintained that any government that fails to secure the natural rights of its citizens may properly be overthrown.
Why can't thermodynamics be overthrown, as Einstein claims, like other theories?
The US government is never going to be overthrown, right?
Perhaps you think you'll be overthrown if you defy the Tea Party.
"Say to the unbelievers: 'You shall be overthrown and driven into Hell--an evil resting place!'" (3:12).
"The President of my country was about to be overthrown.
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