dethrone

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to remove a monarch from the throne or from sovereign power

   The rebels intended to dethrone the king and establish a republic.

2. 2
   verb

   to displace someone or something from a dominant or preeminent position

   The unseeded player managed to dethrone the reigning champion in straight sets.

Formed in English from de-, expressing removal or reversal, and throne. It first meant to remove a ruler from the throne and later broadened figuratively to displacing any dominant person, institution, or idea.

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