English Explanatory Dictionary

disenthrone

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To remove (someone) from their position as monarch; to deprive of a position of supremacy.
  2. To move (someone or something) from a desirable location or place of honour.
  3. To remove (something) from a position of power or paramount importance.

Word forms

disenthrone disenthrones disenthroning disenthroned disinthrone

Etymology

From dis- + enthrone.

Synonyms

depose dethrone discrown uncrown unking unthrone
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