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
In June 2022, Lame dethroned Charli D’Amelio atop the TikTok rankings and has held the spot ever since.
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Michael Saponara, Billboard, 9 June 2025
This is a game of choices — difficult ones, at that — in which tasks range from finding your wife and offering gifts to friends, to speaking with a skeleton who can see through time and dethroning God.
—Matt Gardner, Forbes.com, 8 June 2025
Meanwhile Young will try to dethrone Sudo and end her undefeated streak.
—Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 8 June 2025
It has been dethroned by Scottsdale, which between 2014 and 2024 has seen its millionaire population grow by 125 percent.
—Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 June 2025
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Michael Saponara, Billboard, 9 June 2025
This is a game of choices — difficult ones, at that — in which tasks range from finding your wife and offering gifts to friends, to speaking with a skeleton who can see through time and dethroning God.
—Matt Gardner, Forbes.com, 8 June 2025
Meanwhile Young will try to dethrone Sudo and end her undefeated streak.
—Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 8 June 2025
It has been dethroned by Scottsdale, which between 2014 and 2024 has seen its millionaire population grow by 125 percent.
—Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dethrone
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Former trustee Micah Young is scheduled to be deposed in the same case on June 11.—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
6 June 2025
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After Gaddafi was deposed, Libya fell into civil war and currently exists in a state of fragile ceasefire that could be broken at any time.—
Faisal Kutty,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 May 2025
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One day in 1997, after a fire, the Giuliani administration sent a wrecking ball to topple the building.—
Dan Greene,
New Yorker,
21 June 2025
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Cruz’s comments about regime change in Iran put him at odds with some MAGA figures, including Carlson, who oppose efforts to topple the country’s leadership and have warned against President Donald Trump involving the U.S. in Israel’s air strikes on Iran, which began June 13.—
Zac Anderson,
USA Today,
19 June 2025
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Last year unseated 2023, the previous record holder for dangerously high temperatures.—
Alana Wise,
NPR,
20 June 2025
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Sirens has been dominating the Netflix charts for a couple weeks now, only being temporarily unseated by two Mondays of WWE RAW.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
9 June 2025
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“Dethrone.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dethrone. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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