About The Word Dethrone
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Dethrone
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What's The Definition Of Dethrone?
[v] remove a monarch from the throne; "If the King does not abdicate, he will have to be dethroned"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Dethrone: Related Terms | Find terms related to Dethrone: break | bust | cashier | deconsecrate | defrock | depose | disbar | discrown | disenthrone | dismiss | displace | drum out | excommunicate | expel | give the gate | kick upstairs | liquidate | oust | overthrow | pension | pension off | purge | read out of | remove | remove from office | retire | strip of office | strip of rank | superannuate | suspend | unchurch | uncrown | unfrock | unmake | unsaddle | unseat | unthrone See Also | divest Dethrone In Webster's Dictionary \De*throne"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dethroned}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Dethroning}.] [Pref. de- + throne: cf. F.
d['e]tr[^o]ner; pref. d['e]- (L. dis-) + tr[^o]ne throne. See
{Throne}.]
To remove or drive from a throne; to depose; to divest of
supreme authority and dignity. ``The Protector was
dethroned.'' --Hume.
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