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dethrone

verb

Meaning

  • To depose; to forcibly relieve a monarch of the monarchy.

  • To remove any governing authority from power.

  • To remove from any position of high status or power.

  • To remove (something) from a position of power or paramount importance.

Synonyms

bring down,
depose,
divest,
overthrow,
depose,
discrown,
disenthrone,
uncrown,
unking,
unsceptre,
unthrone