as in to depose
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 dethrone
David Roche, a strategist at Quantum Strategy, said such events could see the greenback dethroned as the FX market’s safe haven.
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Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 5 Mar. 2025
Rare Beauty is known for its Liquid Blush, but the brand’s new Bouncy Blush might just have the potential to dethrone it.
—Kleigh Balugo, StyleCaster, 28 Mar. 2025
As a prominent Ballon d’Or frontrunner, the 28-year-old was expected to significantly contribute to the team’s efforts to dethrone Chelsea.
—Julia Ranney, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
McLaren ended last season as by far the fastest car on the grid, but Norris ultimately fell short of dethroning Max Verstappen in the title race as the Dutchman claimed a fourth consecutive drivers’ championship.
—Dan Cancian, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
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Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 5 Mar. 2025
Rare Beauty is known for its Liquid Blush, but the brand’s new Bouncy Blush might just have the potential to dethrone it.
—Kleigh Balugo, StyleCaster, 28 Mar. 2025
As a prominent Ballon d’Or frontrunner, the 28-year-old was expected to significantly contribute to the team’s efforts to dethrone Chelsea.
—Julia Ranney, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
McLaren ended last season as by far the fastest car on the grid, but Norris ultimately fell short of dethroning Max Verstappen in the title race as the Dutchman claimed a fourth consecutive drivers’ championship.
—Dan Cancian, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
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Both men, who are two of Sudan’s most powerful generals, jointly deposed the country’s long-time leader Omar al-Bashir in 2019 and subsequently played a role in a military coup two years later.—
Nimi Princewill,
CNN Money,
16 Apr. 2025
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This means government officials from Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and the state will be deposed under oath.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
16 Apr. 2025
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The number of sites, and whether they are secured, has been a mystery since rebels toppled Mr. al-Assad last year.—
Megha Rajagopalan,
New York Times,
6 Apr. 2025
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Rafah residents said most of the local population had followed Israel's order to leave, as Israeli strikes toppled buildings there.—
Nidal al-Mughrabi and Mahmoud Issa,
USA Today,
4 Apr. 2025
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Four of the state’s Republican justices, in other words, are attempting to unseat one of their own Democratic colleagues and replace her with the Republican who lost his bid to unseat her.—
Ian Millhiser,
Vox,
14 Apr. 2025
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What to Know Exactly a decade before Trump initiated military action against Ansar Allah, Saudi Arabia led a coalition to attempt to unseat the group from power in Sanaa in March 2015.—
Newsweek Staff,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Apr. 2025
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“Dethrone.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dethrone. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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