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单词 dethroning
释义

dethrone

verb

de·​throne di-ˈthrōn How to pronounce dethrone (audio)
dē-
dethroned; dethroning; dethrones

transitive verb

: to remove from a throne or place of power or prominence
dethrone a king
trying to dethrone the champion
dethronement
di-ˈthrōn-mənt How to pronounce dethrone (audio)
dē-
noun
dethroner noun

Synonyms

  • defrock
  • depose
  • deprive
  • displace
  • oust
  • uncrown
  • unmake
  • unseat
  • unthrone
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Example Sentences

the nation's last monarch was dethroned in a popular uprising many years ago
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Word History

First Known Use

1609, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

dethrone

verb

de·​throne di-ˈthrōn How to pronounce dethrone (audio)
dethroned; dethroning
: to remove (a king or queen) from power

dethroning

verb

present participle of dethrone
as in deposing
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

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • deposing
  • toppling
  • unseating
  • sacking
  • dismissing
  • ousting
  • depriving
  • displacing
  • unmaking
  • banishing
  • usurping
  • defrocking
  • uncrowning
  • firing
  • removing
  • supplanting
  • overthrowing
  • unthroning
  • subverting
  • ejecting
  • retiring
  • expelling
  • canning
  • cashiering
  • chasing
  • mustering out
  • routing
  • discharging
  • extruding
  • casting out
  • bouncing
  • running off
  • throwing out
  • booting (out)
  • drumming (out)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • crowning
  • enthroning
  • installing
  • initiating
  • inaugurating
  • electing
  • appointing
  • baptizing
  • investing
  • inducting
  • throning
  • designating
  • instating
  • baptising
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