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dethrone

verb

di-ˈthrōn

Definition of dethrone

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 The Patriots are the defending division champs after dethroning quarterback Josh Allen and the Bills last season en route to representing the AFC in the Super Bowl. — Austin Mock, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026 The article examines how Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) and Artificial Superintelligence (ASI) could end human exceptionalism, potentially dethroning humanity as the planet's apex species. — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026 This makes Berkeley the most selective of the nine undergraduate UC campuses, dethroning UC Los Angeles from that position. — Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 7 Aug. 2026 Miami’s ultra-exclusive Fisher Island has been dethroned as the nation’s most expensive ZIP code after a two-year reign. — Miami Herald, 5 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for dethrone

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The Turkish government was deposed in a military coup in 1980, and in the aftermath, the CHP (along with every other party) was banned from politics.

— Nick TaborAll, Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Sep. 2026
After Terri hired a lawyer and stopped cooperating with authorities, Desiree filed a civil suit as an investigative tool to depose her and others to get information.

— Eileen Murphy, ABC News, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of depose

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After Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, the militant group once led by Syria’s new president, Ahmed al-Shara, toppled the Assad regime at the end of 2024, regional trade began to trickle back in.

— Jesse Marks, Foreign Affairs, 31 Aug. 2026
Adam had been working out at the gym when the man on the running machine next to him had toppled off it while watching a replay of the previous night’s Champions League highlights.

— Helen Simpson, New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of topple

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The Bengals cut the roster down to 53 players on Sunday and there weren’t many surprises in a year where continuity and depth made only a few spots truly feel open to unseating the placeholder.

— Paul Dehner Jr, New York Times, 31 Aug. 2026
Buhari benefited from outrage over the Chibok girls’ abduction to become the first opposition candidate to unseat a president, and Tinubu succeeded Buhari in power.

— Alexis Akwagyiram, semafor.com, 31 Aug. 2026

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