dethroned; dethroning; dethrones
: to remove from a throne or place of power or prominence
dethrone a king
trying to dethrone the champion
dethroner
noun
Examples of dethrone in a Sentence
the nation's last monarch was dethroned in a popular uprising many years ago
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In June 2022, Lame dethroned Charli D’Amelio atop the TikTok rankings and has held the spot ever since.
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Michael Saponara, Billboard, 9 June 2025
This is a game of choices — difficult ones, at that — in which tasks range from finding your wife and offering gifts to friends, to speaking with a skeleton who can see through time and dethroning God.
—Matt Gardner, Forbes.com, 8 June 2025
Meanwhile Young will try to dethrone Sudo and end her undefeated streak.
—Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 8 June 2025
It has been dethroned by Scottsdale, which between 2014 and 2024 has seen its millionaire population grow by 125 percent.
—Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 June 2025
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Michael Saponara, Billboard, 9 June 2025
This is a game of choices — difficult ones, at that — in which tasks range from finding your wife and offering gifts to friends, to speaking with a skeleton who can see through time and dethroning God.
—Matt Gardner, Forbes.com, 8 June 2025
Meanwhile Young will try to dethrone Sudo and end her undefeated streak.
—Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 8 June 2025
It has been dethroned by Scottsdale, which between 2014 and 2024 has seen its millionaire population grow by 125 percent.
—Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for dethrone
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“Dethrone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dethrone. Accessed 14 Jun. 2025.
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