dethrone

v. t.

1.

To remove or drive from a throne; to depose; to divest of supreme authority and dignity. [imp. & p. p. Dethroned (dė*thrōnd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Dethroning.]

Verb

1.

dethrone - remove a monarch from the throne; "If the King does not abdicate, he will have to be dethroned" Antonyms: enthrone, throne - put a monarch on the throne; "The Queen was enthroned more than 50 years ago"

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

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