dethroned; dethroning; dethrones
: to remove from a throne or place of power or prominence
dethrone a king
trying to dethrone the champion
dethroner
noun
Examples of dethrone in a Sentence
the nation's last monarch was dethroned in a popular uprising many years ago
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That those women and men who died to end slavery, to win basic rights, to win the vote, to dethrone monarchs and destroy the ancien régime, to fight Czarism and fascism and Nazism and imperialism and apartheid, were in some way our moral betters.
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Jack Sheehan
september 4, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025
Whether or not the Falcons have enough to finally dethrone the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as NFC South champions, though, remains to be seen.
—Matthew Schmidt, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Aug. 2025
The highest-grossing horror film the chart has ever tracked is 2017's It, but even that film only topped the list twice, being dethroned by, of all things, Kingsman: The Golden Circle.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 24 Aug. 2025
Stablecoins are not about to dethrone the dollar overnight.
—Zennon Kapron, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
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Jack Sheehan
september 4, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025
Whether or not the Falcons have enough to finally dethrone the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as NFC South champions, though, remains to be seen.
—Matthew Schmidt, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Aug. 2025
The highest-grossing horror film the chart has ever tracked is 2017's It, but even that film only topped the list twice, being dethroned by, of all things, Kingsman: The Golden Circle.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 24 Aug. 2025
Stablecoins are not about to dethrone the dollar overnight.
—Zennon Kapron, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for dethrone
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“Dethrone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dethrone. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.
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