Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- v. To remove from the throne; depose.
- v. To remove from a prominent or powerful position.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To remove or drive from a throne; depose; divest of royal authority and dignity.
- To divest of rule, or of supreme power or authority.
Wiktionary
- v. To depose; to forcibly relieve a monarch of the monarchy.
- v. To remove any governing authority from power.
GNU Webster's 1913
- v. To remove or drive from a throne; to depose; to divest of supreme authority and dignity.
WordNet 3.0
- v. remove a monarch from the throne
Etymologies
- de- + throne (Wiktionary)
Examples
“The FTC's new labels dethrone the watt as the primary measure of a bulb's effectiveness and replace it with the lumen as a measure of light output.”
“Can "King Kong" dethrone "Titanic" as the biggest movie of all time?”
“Tila Tequila has reportedly claimed that she wants to "dethrone" Perez Hilton with her new gossip blog.”
“And while there might still be some time before they manage to "dethrone" the impact that teens have on social networks, the elderly could easily reach a point where they dominate other websites.”
“And with this field trying to "dethrone" you at the National Marathon, you'll have to run hard there.”
“Primaries are good competition when respectful but in the end, you need one candidate to dethrone the Dem.”
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“The actions of the unconscious are so powerful and pervasive that they may 'dethrone' the conscious mind.”
“In "Incognito," the neuroscientist and polymath David Eagleman argues that the actions of the unconscious are so powerful and pervasive that they "dethrone" the conscious mind and, when combined with the inescapable influences of genes, undermine our traditional ideas of self-control and free will.”
“Hmmm. On a gay website, I was recently arguing with someone about California legislator Chuck DeVore, one of three Republicans vying for the GOP nomination to dethrone Barbara Boxer (D³) in the U.S. Senate.”
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“While "The Blind Side" was unable to fully dethrone "New Moon" — even though it did steal the first place seat on Thanksgiving day — the heartwarming tale overcame Roland Emmerich's big budget disaster flick, "2012.”
‘New Moon’ Nearly Gets Blind Sided In The Sunday Box Office Report » MTV Movies Blog
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘dethrone’.
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HU Realia
Cultural realia from Hungary.
I have only included realia that already have an English spelling variant and DID NOT include Hungarian words that would be used in English texts unchang...charcoal kiln, embroidered felt ..., farmstead, golden stick, graft, herdsman’s whip, inn, lever well, limekiln, local border traffic, maypole, merino and 356 more...
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Undo
A list of terms that denote separating one thing from another, or deconstructing a thing into its parts or to a former state. E.g., untie, divorce, unscramble.
untie, divorce, unscramble, disunite, disjoin, undo, separate, disassemble, uncouple, unhitch, disassociate, disaffiliate and 185 more...
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MY COLLECTION
COLLECT FROM DIFFERENT PAPERS,WEBSITES,BOOKS AND MOVIES.
VAUDEVILLE, herbivores, BANDWAGON, PREY, squander, squabbling, Concierge, persuade, dethrone, cacophony, maize, ubiquitous and 98 more...
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Tunie: Word Disassociation
(I'm fairly sure that I'm subverting the whole concept of the Tunie by listing this song. Subversion! Yes! HA HA HA HA! Mine is an evil laugh!!!)
Word Disassociation
antidisestablishm..., quickly, ruby, bionic, about, crouch, a cappella, imposter, flames, distraction, murderous, over and 181 more...
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palavra' no má'
infinitesimal, coy, sobriquet, cognomen, succinct, secularism, ubiquitous, antithesis, tercet, adjudged, void for vagueness, surfeit and 69 more...
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