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uncrowned

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past tense of uncrown

as in deposed

to remove from a position of prominence or power (as a throne) Edward VIII effectively uncrowned himself when he insisted upon marrying an American divorcée

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After Iran’s last monarch was deposed in 1979, various paramilitary groups that helped hasten his downfall coalesced into the IRGC.

— Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026
One of his sons hid the gem in the crack of his cell wall before he was blinded and deposed.

— Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 17 Aug. 2026

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