| flamethrower | (noun) a weapon that squirts ignited fuel for several yards | - |
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| overthrow | (noun) the termination of a ruler or institution (especially by force) | - |
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| (noun) the act of disturbing the mind or body | Synonyms: derangement, upset |
| (verb) rule against | Synonyms: override, overrule, overturn, reverse |
| (verb) cause the downfall of; of rulers | Synonyms: bring down, overturn, subvert |
| throw | (noun) the act of throwing (propelling something with a rapid movement of the arm and wrist) | - |
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| (noun) casting an object in order to determine an outcome randomly | - |
| (noun) bedclothes consisting of a lightweight cloth covering (an afghan or bedspread) that is casually thrown over something | - |
| (noun) the maximum movement available to a pivoted or reciprocating piece by a cam | Synonyms: cam stroke, stroke |
| (noun) a single chance or instance | - |
| (verb) be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly | Synonyms: bedevil, befuddle, confound, confuse, discombobulate, fox, fuddle |
| (verb) convey or communicate; of a smile, a look, a physical gesture | Synonyms: give |
| (verb) utter with force; utter vehemently | Synonyms: hurl |
| (verb) propel through the air | - |
| (verb) cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation | Synonyms: flip, switch |
| (verb) place or put with great energy | Synonyms: thrust |
| (verb) cause to fall off | - |
| (verb) to remove | Synonyms: cast, cast off, drop, shake off, shed, throw away, throw off |
| (verb) throw (a die) out onto a flat surface | - |
| (verb) make on a potter's wheel | - |
| (verb) put or send forth | Synonyms: cast, contrive, project |
| (verb) organize or be responsible for | Synonyms: give, have, hold, make |
| (verb) cause to be confused emotionally | Synonyms: bemuse, bewilder, discombobulate |
| (verb) move violently, energetically, or carelessly | - |
| (verb) to put into a state or activity hastily, suddenly, or carelessly | - |
| throwaway | (adjective) intended to be thrown away after use | - |
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| (adjective) thrown away | Synonyms: cast-off, discarded, thrown-away |
| (noun) an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution | Synonyms: bill, broadsheet, broadside, circular, flier, flyer, handbill |
| (noun) words spoken in a casual way with conscious under-emphasis | - |
| (noun) (sometimes offensive) a homeless boy who has been abandoned and roams the streets | Synonyms: gamin, street arab |
| throwback | (adjective) characteristic of an atavist | Synonyms: atavistic |
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| (noun) a reappearance of an earlier characteristic | Synonyms: atavism, reversion |
| (noun) an organism that has the characteristics of a more primitive type of that organism | Synonyms: atavist |
| thrower | (noun) someone who projects something (especially by a rapid motion of the arm) | - |
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| (noun) a craftsman who shapes pottery on a potter's wheel and bakes them in a kiln | Synonyms: ceramicist, ceramist, potter |
| (noun) a person who twists silk or rayon filaments into a thread or yarn | Synonyms: throwster |
| thrown | (adjective) caused to fall to the ground | - |
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| (adjective) twisted together; as of filaments spun into a thread | Synonyms: thrown and twisted |
| throwster | (noun) a person who twists silk or rayon filaments into a thread or yarn | Synonyms: thrower |
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| upthrow | (noun) (geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building) | Synonyms: upheaval, uplift, upthrust |
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