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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Lars Brandle, Billboard, 20 Feb. 2026
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Finally, he was called on the carpet and dethroned by the Reverend Ralph Abernathy.
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Lars Brandle, Billboard, 20 Feb. 2026
Amazon dethroned Walmart in annual revenue for the first time ever.
—Alex Harring, CNBC, 20 Feb. 2026
Finally, he was called on the carpet and dethroned by the Reverend Ralph Abernathy.
—Gail Sheehy, Vanity Fair, 20 Feb. 2026
Plus, Amazon just snagged the top spot on the Fortune 500 from Walmart, dethroning it from a 13-year reign.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 19 Feb. 2026
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“Dethrone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dethrone. Accessed 24 Feb. 2026.
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