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Verb: dethrone  dee'thrown
  1. Remove a monarch from the throne
    "If the King does not abdicate, he will have to be dethroned"

Derived forms: dethroning, dethrones, dethroned

See also: dethronement

Type of: disinvest, divest

Antonym: enthrone

Nearest

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