dethroning

verb

present participle of dethrone
as in deposing
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 dethroning And now comes the TXSE with the aim of dethroning Wall Street as the financial trading capital of the world. — Stephen Moore, Boston Herald, 17 July 2026 Messi's 17th and subsequent 18th goal during the game set a new bar in the World Cup for top scorer— dethroning Germany's Miroslav Klose who had previously held the record at 16 goals. — Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 24 June 2026 Joe Louis became heavyweight boxing champion of the world by dethroning James Braddock in front of 41,675 paying customers in Comiskey Park. — Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 22 June 2026 Sneakers are sleeker than ever this summer, with slim, low-profile silhouettes dethroning chunky kicks. — Jordan Julian, InStyle, 22 June 2026 Honey scent fragrances are quietly dethroning the clean laundry perfumes that defined the last few years, and the shift says something about what people want from a signature scent right now. — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 June 2026 Less than two months after dethroning Cargill, Ripley is highly unlikely to lose that title so quickly. — Blake Oestriecher, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026 Drake’s new music, arriving two years after the crux of his musical feud with Kendrick Lamar, is setting records right and left, even dethroning Michael Jackson. — Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 27 May 2026 The Pioneers made the Frozen Four by dethroning Western Michigan, a 6-2 blitz set off by four first-period goals. — Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dethroning
  1. deposing
  2. toppling
  3. sacking
  4. dismissing
  5. unseating
Verb
  • Hamad himself seized control after deposing his father, Sheikh Khalifa, in a bloodless palace coup in 1995.
    — Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2026
  • Conspicuously absent in the edit is the follow-up question from the attorney deposing Cavanaugh, who asked whether DOGE actually managed to reduce the deficit.
    — Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 10 June 2026
Definition of deposing
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  • Launch-control starts summon an improbable 1,139 hp, toppling previous Porsche kings such as the hybrid 918 Spyder or the recent Taycan GT Turbo.
    — Lawrence Ulrich, Robb Report, 15 July 2026
  • Statue toppling riots… and the very real possibility of death.
    — Rund Abdelfatah, NPR, 2 July 2026
Definition of toppling
Verb
  • To an outsider, the scene may spark a certain Schadenfreude, like an army of tiny barbarians sacking Rome.
    — Burkhard Bilger, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
  • One source close to the squad, speaking anonymously to protect relationships, told The Athletic that the AUF considered sacking Bielsa around this period, aware of the ongoing issues with the squad.
    — Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 28 June 2026
Definition of sacking
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  • Sunday’s final will be his sixth World Cup match in total and first since dismissing Ecuador’s Piero Hincapie for covering his mouth while confronting Mexico’s Santiago Gimenez in the round of 32.
    — Dermot Corrigan, New York Times, 20 July 2026
  • In response, eBay's board wasted little time in dismissing the proposal.
    — Mark Faithfull, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
Definition of dismissing
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  • Members of the Democratic Socialists of America have staged electoral coups this summer, unseating several high-profile incumbents in Congress.
    — Max Grinstein, The Washington Examiner, 13 July 2026
  • Investigators found that initial structural failure spread to other elements of the pool deck and street-level parking garage and caused cracks to grow over the span of a few weeks, eventually unseating the southern edge of the pool deck slab from its supporting wall, the report said.
    — Aaron Leibowitz, Miami Herald, 23 June 2026
Definition of unseating

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