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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DETHRONE, v.t. [L.]
1. To remove or drive from a throne; to depose; to divest of royal authority and dignity.
2. To divest of rule or power, or of supreme power.
The protector was dethroned.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: remove a monarch from the throne; "If the King does not abdicate, he will have to be dethroned" [ant: enthrone, throne]

Merriam Webster's

transitive verb Date: 1609 to remove from a throne or place of power or prominence <dethrone a king> <trying to dethrone the champion> • dethronement noun • dethroner noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.tr. 1 remove from the throne, depose. 2 remove from a position of authority or influence. Derivatives: dethronement n.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Dethrone De*throne", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dethroned; p. pr. & vb. n. Dethroning.] [Pref. de- + throne: cf. F. d['e]tr[^o]ner; pref. d['e]- (L. dis-) + tr[^o]ne throne. See Throne.] To remove or drive from a throne; to depose; to divest of supreme authority and dignity. ``The Protector was dethroned.'' --Hume.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(dethrones, dethroning, dethroned) If a king, queen, or other powerful person is dethroned, they are removed from their position of power. He was dethroned and went into exile. = depose VERB: usu passive, be V-ed

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. a. Depose, drive from the throne, drive out of power.

Moby Thesaurus

break, bust, cashier, deconsecrate, defrock, depose, disbar, discrown, disenthrone, dismiss, displace, drum out, excommunicate, expel, give the gate, kick upstairs, liquidate, oust, overthrow, pension, pension off, purge, read out of, remove, remove from office, retire, strip of office, strip of rank, superannuate, suspend, unchurch, uncrown, unfrock, unmake, unsaddle, unseat, unthrone