dethroned

verb

past tense of dethrone
as in deposed
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 dethroned The match was meh, but Baron Corbin dethroned Trick Williams to become the first new champion crowned at SummerSlam. — Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2026 After years of wealthy out-of-staters flocking to South Florida and ceaseless luxury development, Miami has dethroned New York and Los Angeles as the most expensive of the United States’ 10 most populous metropolitan areas. — Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 23 July 2026 The championship dethroned Argentina, which was trying to become the first repeat champion since Brazil in 1962. — Andrew Greif, NBC news, 19 July 2026 Jaws became the very first summer blockbuster and was the highest-grossing movie of all time (until Star Wars dethroned it two years later). — Victoria Edel, PEOPLE, 6 July 2026 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 Texas has dethroned California as the state with the most Fortune 500 companies. — The Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, 8 June 2026 The result dethroned Europe’s uncontested supremacy over great wine. — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 27 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dethroned
  1. deposed
  2. toppled
  3. sacked
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  • Sharaa later led the push that finally deposed Bashar in December 2024, more than a decade after the Syrian revolt against his brutal and corrupt rule began in 2011.
    — Paul Iddon, Forbes.com, 25 July 2026
  • Butler is represented by attorney Tim Lawson, who deposed JSerra officials.
    — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2026
Definition of deposed
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  • Foreign oil companies and investors are moving into Venezuela seven months after the US toppled then-President Nicolás Maduro, betting the world’s largest crude reserves are finally open for business.
    — semafor.com, semafor.com, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Voice of America’s Persian Service began airing in its current form in 1979, shortly after the Iranian Revolution toppled the Shah and installed the Islamist clerics who rule the country to this day.
    — Marc Fisher, New Yorker, 30 July 2026
Definition of toppled
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  • In July, the South African Football Association (SAFA) issued two separate statements, the first dismissing reports that Broos had been sacked from his role, with the second statement denying he had been offered a one-year contract extension.
    — Leon Imber, New York Times, 31 July 2026
  • People can and should be skeptical about the sonnets written about starting NFL quarterbacks every offseason, when no one is getting sacked and almost everyone looks good.
    — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 30 July 2026
Definition of sacked

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