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DETHRONE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they dethrone ... he / she / it dethrones
Past simple: dethroned
Past participle: dethroned
-ing form: dethroning
Sense 1
Meaning:
Remove a monarch from the throne
Example:
If the King does not abdicate, he will have to be dethroned
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "dethrone" is one way to...):
disinvest; divest (deprive of status or authority)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Antonym:
enthrone (put a monarch on the throne)
Derivation:
dethronement (the act of deposing someone; removing a powerful person from a position or office)
