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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When the strap is properly cinched, there is no danger of the rider coming unseated because of a loose saddle.
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Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 May 2024
But then Venezuela’s opposition groups united behind him and began to push his candidacy as their best hope to unseat Maduro.
—Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 10 May 2024
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Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 May 2024
But then Venezuela’s opposition groups united behind him and began to push his candidacy as their best hope to unseat Maduro.
—Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 10 May 2024
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“Unseat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unseat. Accessed 19 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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