unseat

verb (used with object)

to dislodge from a seat, especially to throw from a saddle, as a rider; unhorse.

to remove from political office by an elective process, by force, or by legal action: The corrupt mayor was finally unseated.

Origin:
1590–1600; un-² + seat

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unseat (ʌnˈsiːt)

—vb
1.	to throw or displace from a seat, saddle, etc
2.	to depose from office or position

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Word Origin & History

unseat

1596, "to throw down from a seat" (especially on horseback), from un- (2) + seat (v.). Meaning "to deprive of rank or office" is attested from 1611; especially of elected office in a representative body from 1834.

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Example sentences

While he was out of the city, plotters attempted to unseat the royal family in

a coup.

The government was preparing a rushed new law, in an effort to unseat him, when

he quit.

And without pushing to unseat all of them in the next round of primaries.

Fans cheered as the owl refused to budge, and officials conferred on how to

unseat the winged predator.

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