as in to depose
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
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Recent Examples of dethrone
Hunter has been a valuable addition to a team that is in great position to dethrone the Boston Celtics, who won the title last season.
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Ramon Padilla, USA TODAY, 19 Mar. 2025
Internet drama all but dethroned the former cult-favorite, with number of loose pink powders emerging in its wake.
—Jessica Ourisman, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
Islanders knocking on the door The team that has come closest to dethroning Torrey Pines is Coronado.
—Clark Fahrenthold, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Mar. 2025
At the same time, the dollar would be dethroned as the world’s reserve currency.
—Brian Evans, CNBC, 7 Apr. 2025
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Ramon Padilla, USA TODAY, 19 Mar. 2025
Internet drama all but dethroned the former cult-favorite, with number of loose pink powders emerging in its wake.
—Jessica Ourisman, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
Islanders knocking on the door The team that has come closest to dethroning Torrey Pines is Coronado.
—Clark Fahrenthold, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Mar. 2025
At the same time, the dollar would be dethroned as the world’s reserve currency.
—Brian Evans, CNBC, 7 Apr. 2025
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This means government officials from Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and the state will be deposed under oath.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
16 Apr. 2025
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Both men, who are two of Sudan’s most powerful generals, jointly deposed the country’s long-time leader Omar al-Bashir in 2019 and subsequently played a role in a military coup two years later.—
Nimi Princewill,
CNN Money,
16 Apr. 2025
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But as the damage fades and the years march on, toppled trees and downed branches create gaps in the canopy that let light penetrate to the forest floor.—
Marina Wang,
Smithsonian Magazine,
18 Apr. 2025
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The deadly blast toppled American notions of safety, exposed anti-government rage and unified a grieving city.—
Marc Ramirez,
USA Today,
18 Apr. 2025
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Four of the state’s Republican justices, in other words, are attempting to unseat one of their own Democratic colleagues and replace her with the Republican who lost his bid to unseat her.—
Ian Millhiser,
Vox,
14 Apr. 2025
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What to Know Exactly a decade before Trump initiated military action against Ansar Allah, Saudi Arabia led a coalition to attempt to unseat the group from power in Sanaa in March 2015.—
Newsweek Staff,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Apr. 2025
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“Dethrone.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dethrone. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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