unseat
playSimple Definition of unseat
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: to remove (someone or something) from a position of power or authority
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: to cause (someone) to fall from a seat or saddle
Examples of unseat in a sentence
He unseated an incumbent senator.
The horse bucked and unseated its rider.
1596
First Known Use of unseat
1596
UNSEAT Defined for Kids
unseat
playDefinition of unseat for Students
unseated
unseating
1 : to remove from a position of authority <The mayor was unseated in the election.>
2 : to cause to fall from a seat or saddle
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