unseated; unseating; unseats
1
: to dislodge from one's seat especially on horseback
2
: to remove from a place or position
especially
: to remove from political office
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He unseated an incumbent senator.
The horse bucked and unseated its rider.
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Chris Hall, WIRED, 10 Dec. 2024
At those estimates, the follow-up to 2021’s Pushpa – The Rise unseats the previous record-holder for top India and global bows, 2017’s Baahubali: The Conclusion.
—Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 8 Dec. 2024
Four years ago, after Joe Biden unseated Trump and some right-leaning viewers (briefly) turned against Fox News for calling a key result in Arizona for Biden, its primetime audience fell by 49 percent in the month following the election compared with October 2020.
—Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Dec. 2024
In the Central Valley, the Antelope Valley and Orange County, a trio of Democratic congressional challengers unseated Republican incumbents as the party narrowed the GOP’s razor-thin majority in the House of Representatives.
—Laura J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2024
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“Unseat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unseat. Accessed 23 Dec. 2024.
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unseat
verb
un·seat
ˌən-ˈsēt 
ˈən-
1
: to throw from one's seat especially on horseback
2
: to remove from a place or position
especially
: to remove from political office
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