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dethrone

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of dethrone

to remove from a position of prominence or power (as a throne)

the nation's last monarch was dethroned in a popular uprising many years ago

Synonyms of dethrone

defrock, depose, deprive, displace, oust, uncrown, unmake, unseat, unthrone

Words Related to dethrone

can, cashier, discharge, dismiss, fire, muster out, remove, retire, sack

overthrow, subvert, supplant, topple, usurp

banish, boot (out), bounce, cast out, chase, drum (out), eject, expel, extrude, rout, run off, throw out

Near Antonyms of dethrone

baptize, inaugurate, induct, initiate, install, instate, invest

appoint, designate, elect

Antonyms of dethrone

crown, enthrone, throne

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