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
Examples of unseat in a Sentence
He unseated an incumbent senator.
The horse bucked and unseated its rider.
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Vivian Jones, Nashville Tennessean, 17 Oct. 2025
The Brooks bull was also in contention to unseat the Spider Bull, the reigning nontypical world-record in the Boone and Crockett record books, which accepts big game killed by any legal method.
—Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 15 Oct. 2025
Amid Suarez’s efforts to unseat Dominguez, allies have rushed to her defense.
—Aaron Leibowitz, Miami Herald, 14 Oct. 2025
But Democrats will also want to consider who will give them the best chance to unseat Collins, the only Republican senator up for reelection next year in a state that voted for former Vice President Kamala Harris last November.
—Jared Gans, The Hill, 14 Oct. 2025
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“Unseat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unseat. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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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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