DETHRONEMENT Synonyms: 35 Similar and Opposite Words

dethronement

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as in removal

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Recent Examples of dethronement This is what dethronement sounds like. — Joel Lorenzi, New York Times, 31 May 2026

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Noun

Every artist supporting Sheeran on his Loop Tour withdrew from his stadium run following the removal of Macklemore.

— Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2026
The group even named the lambs Sammy, Sunny and Sooty, and posted a video of the removal.

— Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of removal

Noun

Sanon’s lawyers argue instead that their client, whom prosecutors portray as a deeply indebted man hoping to replace Moïse through a violent overthrow of his government, had nothing to do with the assassination.

— Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 1 Oct. 2026
This would eventually lead to the overthrow of the tsarist autocracy and the establishment of a constitutional monarchy.

— James Folta, Literary Hub, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of overthrow

Noun

Sissi's comments echoed Egypt's unequivocal refusal of a permanent Palestinian expulsion into neighboring countries.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 30 Sep. 2026
According to the official league handbook, potential punishments could include a hefty points deduction, an unlimited fine, or even expulsion from the league entirely.

— Ben Church, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of expulsion

Noun

Several years later, DeLay was the force driving Clinton’s impeachment and was simply too toxic to seek the speaker’s chair.

— Michael Tarm, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026
His questions began to venture into the sensitive topics of potential resignation or even impeachment.

— Walter Podrazik, The Conversation, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of impeachment

Noun

Trump’s Justice Department has been reviewing the pending cases one by one before seeking dismissal.

— Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 2 Oct. 2026
The widespread dismissal of standardized testing is one of the silliest and most harmful developments in the past twenty-five years of education discourse.

— Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of dismissal

Noun

In depositions, group home staff members said that the home never trained them on the care and management of Type 1 diabetes.

— Joseph Shapiro, NPR, 30 Sep. 2026
During that deposition, Smith was asked about subpoenas his team issued for toll records for certain members of Congress.

— Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of deposition

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The state Supreme Court granted the Florida Bar’s petition for interim suspension of Osvaldo Perez, who has been on administrative leave from the Hollywood Police Department since his arrest last November.

— David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 4 Oct. 2026
The commission is looking into ways to make the temporary suspension permanent.

— Bethy Squires, Vulture, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of suspension

Noun

Speaking of swords, Sam actually carries one around his San Francisco apartment while schmoozing with reporters over his blamelessness in the OpenAI ouster.

— David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 6 Oct. 2026
When the third act slows down to dramatize the hours of Altman’s ouster from OpenAI, Guadagnino has almost no way of generating the sort of ice-blooded intrigue that runs in Fincher’s veins.

— David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 6 Oct. 2026

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