uncrowning

present participle of uncrown

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for uncrowning
Verb
  • Just five days later, on September 9, demonstrators stormed and set fire to key government buildings, deposing the administration, as the BBC reported.
    Javier Bastardo, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • But after sacking Russell Martin, Rangers’ decision-makers have found the gig has all the magnetism of aluminium.
    Phil Hay, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Mason Taylor before anybody else moved on the Jets’ final offensive snap of the day, and buried any chance of catastrophe by sacking Justin Fields with some help from his friends, the fiercest pass-rush in the NFL.
    Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 12 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • But dismissing the rise in antisemitism as mere policing of speech about Israel is disingenuous and dangerous.
    Dafna Michaelson Jenet, Denver Post, 12 Oct. 2025
  • Less than four months later, though, a California judge stopped her in her tracks, dismissing her entire complaint on a technicality.
    Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 11 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The group has grown from 35 member organizations to 75 in the four and a half years since statue-toppling gripped America.
    Peter D'Abrosca, FOXNews.com, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Once inside, Schubert moved through the building, toppling county flags in the rotunda and setting the Columbia County flag on fire with lighter fluid, Heck said, according to the.
    Matthew Robinson, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
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“Uncrowning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uncrowning. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.

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