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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By the end of September, the Gemini app surpassed 5 billion images and dethroned OpenAI’s ChatGPT at the top of Apple’s App Store.
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Jennifer Elias, CNBC, 20 Dec. 2025
See who dethroned the queen of Christmas!
—Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 19 Dec. 2025
Meanwhile, the prince formerly known as Andrew was dethroned.
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To dethrone Mariah a song would need to be so good that it gets played uninterrupted over 20 weeks.
—Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 16 Dec. 2025
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Jennifer Elias, CNBC, 20 Dec. 2025
See who dethroned the queen of Christmas!
—Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 19 Dec. 2025
Meanwhile, the prince formerly known as Andrew was dethroned.
—Raven Smith, Vogue, 18 Dec. 2025
To dethrone Mariah a song would need to be so good that it gets played uninterrupted over 20 weeks.
—Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 16 Dec. 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 26 Dec. 2025.
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