deposed

verb

past tense of depose
1
as in sacked
to remove from a position of prominence or power (as a throne) a military junta deposed the dictator after he had bankrupted the country

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2
as in testified
to make a solemn declaration under oath for the purpose of establishing a fact she was nervous when the time to depose before the jury finally arrived

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3
as in situated
to arrange something in a certain spot or position deposed her fan and gloves on the dressing table

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Recent Examples of deposed On June 23, Los Angeles County Court declined to compel Woods to be deposed in California, as the defendants' legal team requested. — Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 30 June 2026 The earthquakes pose a great challenge to Rodriguez, the former vice president whose governing coalition took shape after the United States mounted an operation that captured and deposed President Nicolás Maduro. — James Cirrone, FOXNews.com, 27 June 2026 Many voters had hoped the election would draw a line under years of political chaos that has seen a string of presidents jailed, deposed and impeached. — CBS News, 24 June 2026 The Joyces are set to be deposed when discovery is complete. — Olivia Bensimon, Curbed, 17 June 2026 For fruit plantations, Guatemala’s Jacobo Arbenz Guzman was deposed in 1954. — Ta-Nehisi Coates, Vanity Fair, 15 June 2026 But then those detectives were deposed and trapped themselves in lies. — Paul Solotaroff, Rolling Stone, 9 June 2026 The judge ordered that Proctor be deposed Tuesday, but Read’s lawyer Damon Seligson said that wouldn’t work for counsel’s schedules. — Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 8 June 2026 On May 28, a judge ruled that Todd Culyba, a former global general counsel at Stoli Group, could be deposed in regards to the case, per Page Six. — Robyn Merrett, InStyle, 29 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deposed
  1. sacked
  2. testified
  3. situated
  4. dismissed
  5. placed
  6. toppled
  7. put
  8. dethroned
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  • This time last year, the 52-year-old was sacked as Red Bull’s team principal after 20 years.
    — Alex Kalinauckas, New York Times, 7 July 2026
  • The Hightowers, Rhaenyra soon learns, have sacked the town of Tumbleton, a thriving city on the border of the Crownlands and the Reach.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 6 July 2026
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  • Valentine also testified that the FDA encourages infant formula companies to send in all adverse event reports and that nothing prevented Mead Johnson from doing so.
    — David Hilzenrath, USA Today, 2 July 2026
  • Benning's cause of death was a fatal combination of a large amount of cocaine dissolved in alcohol, medical examiners testified during Taylor's trial.
    — Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 2 July 2026
Definition of testified
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  • The property is situated on a lot spanning 9,945 square feet.
    — Bay Area Home Report, Mercury News, 8 July 2026
  • Ukraine's military general staff said Monday that the strike caused a fire at the facility, which is situated nearly 2,500 kilometers (1,553 miles) from Ukrainian territory and close to Russia's border with Kazakhstan.
    — Sam Meredith, CNBC, 7 July 2026
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  • Interviewed following his win on ESPN, the 42-year-old Chestnut dismissed, more or less, the impact of today’s 92 degree New York heat on the proceedings.
    — Greg Evans, Deadline, 4 July 2026
  • The nonprofit, which alleged the county violated the Surplus Lands Act by not first exploring affordable-housing development at the site, still has not dismissed its lawsuit.
    — Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 4 July 2026
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  • Crews have been seen unloading equipment from trucks this week — much of it covered or obscured — and barricades have been placed near the perimeter of the arena.
    — Meriam Bouarrouj, NBC news, 4 July 2026
  • An employee with the Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas, has been placed under administrative leave after being arrested for allegedly driving under the influence.
    — Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 4 July 2026
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  • When Assad’s regime was toppled roughly 18 months ago, the development propelled the country’s slow return to the world stage.
    — Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 7 July 2026
  • Blatter looked unassailable right up to the moment he was toppled; his long-running heir apparent was also pushed out, which is how Infantino ended up as FIFA president in the first place.
    — David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 6 July 2026
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  • In his fifth-inning at-bat, Stephenson was on the other side of two successful challenges by Rutschman that put him down 1-2 in the count instead of up 3-0.
    — C. Trent Rosecrans, New York Times, 6 July 2026
  • Go on, put the 131-cube (2,147 cc) monster engine into that one.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 6 July 2026
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  • When the alpha is dethroned, his replacement typically does in his predecessor’s cubs so that the females in the pride will breed again.
    — Elizabeth Kolbert, New Yorker, 22 June 2026
  • The king of fast food has officially been dethroned.
    — Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 16 June 2026
Definition of dethroned

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