takeover

Speech parts

1. takeover - Noun

2. takeover - Verb

Meaning

a sudden and decisive change of government illegally or by force

a change by sale or merger in the controlling interest of a corporation

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

coup putsch coup d'etat homer bear occupation revolution requisition accept capture invasion purchase assume adoption adopt
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Antonyms

fork government failure decline decrease delivery
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Hypernyms

group action buyout

Hyponyms

hostile takeover countercoup friendly takeover

Phrases with the word

takeover target bolshevik takeover soviet takeover corporate takeover anti-takeover measures takeover bids

Anagrams

overtake

Examples

Authoritarian political ideologies have a vested interest in promoting fear, a sense of the imminence of takeover by aliens and real diseases are useful material. Susan Sontag

We have seen this complete right wing takeover of modern liberalism, and it is an ugly spectacle to behold. Kevin Rudd

It never occurred to me that we would have as grandiose a program as the Marshall Plan, but I felt that we had to do something to save Europe from economic disaster which would encourage the Communist takeover. W. Averell Harriman

Romance is dead - it was acquired in a hostile takeover by Hallmark and Disney, homogenized, and sold off piece by piece. Yeardley Smith

If there is ever a fascist takeover in America, it will come not in the form of storm troopers kicking down doors but with lawyers and social workers saying. "I'm from the government and I'm here to help. Jonah Goldberg

I am not blind to the shortcomings of the previous government: Before the coup, I supported the June 30 rallies against Morsy.... The military takeover aims to uproot the Muslim Brotherhood and its partners, replacing them through brute force with the losers of a democratic ballot. Tawakkol Karman

Close letter words and terms

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