1tip (something) over so that it is on its side or upside down:the crowd proceeded to overturn cars and set them on fire
[no object] turn over and come to rest upside down, typically as the result of an accident:a large housetrailer overturned in the middle of the road
2abolish, invalidate, or reverse (a previous system, decision, situation, etc.):the results overturned previous findingshe fought for eight years to overturn a conviction for armed robbery