unseated; unseating; unseats
1
: to dislodge from one's seat especially on horseback
2
: to remove from a place or position
especially
: to remove from political office
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Examples of unseat in a Sentence
He unseated an incumbent senator.
The horse bucked and unseated its rider.
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The move, in part, cost him the post in late 2014, when Gary Hirsch unseated him.
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Shawn Raymundo, The Arizona Republic, 17 Apr. 2024
That record held for more than three decades when it was unseated in the 2010s.
—Sean Evans, Robb Report, 11 Apr. 2024
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Shawn Raymundo, The Arizona Republic, 17 Apr. 2024
That record held for more than three decades when it was unseated in the 2010s.
—Sean Evans, Robb Report, 11 Apr. 2024
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“Unseat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unseat. Accessed 5 May. 2024.
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unseat
verb
un·seat
ˌən-ˈsēt 
ˈən-
1
: to throw from one's seat especially on horseback
2
: to remove from a place or position
especially
: to remove from political office
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