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dethrone

 verb
     
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de‧throne [transitive]
1PG to remove a king or queen from power
2 to remove someone from a position of authority or importance:
an attempt to dethrone the senator
He dethroned Tyson in a fight that shook the boxing world.
—dethronement noun [uncountable]
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