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verb (used with object), de·throned, de·thron·ing.
1.
to remove from a throne; depose.
2.
to remove from any position of power or authority.
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| —vb | |
| (tr) to remove from a throne or deprive of any high position or title; depose: the champion was dethroned by a young boxer | |
| de'thronement | |
| —n | |
| de'throner | |
| —n | |
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Dethrone
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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Word Origin & History
dethrone
1609, from de- + throne.
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Example sentences
We see that longterm dictatorship can exist if its head is brutal, ruthless and mighty or nobody is able to dethrone it.
Eventually, tenured, she may be able to dethrone him and become the chair herself.
Plots to dethrone him as leader have come to nothing.
It may dethrone things, but only those that didn't have a solid foundation to begin with.
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