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dethrone Definition

de·throne (dē t̸hrōn)

transitive verb -·throned, -·thron·ing

  1. to remove from a throne; depose
  2. to oust from any high position

dethrone Related Forms
de·throne·ment noun de·throner noun
dethrone Synonyms

dethrone

v.

dethrone Usage Examples

Object

  • king: Working always in secret, they created discord among the nations; they dethroned kings; they engineered wars; they fostered revolutions.
  • monarch: I do not think there ever was an instance before of six dethroned monarchs supping together at a public inn.

Modifying Another Word

  • now: What was so foolish about this that God would now dethrone Saul and find a different king?
  • not: Now, in saying that the devil is the ruler of the world and the god of this age we are not dethroning God.

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