DETHRONE


Meaning of DETHRONE in English

verb

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

Democrats picked an unlikely candidate to try to dethrone the Republican senator.

Douglas dethroned Tyson in a fight that rocked the boxing world.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

As plato realized, it is dangerous because its effect is to dethrone the Idea from its position of Truth.

The media regarded Gorbachev as the odds-on favorite to dethrone the old champ.

The reality principle does not dethrone the pleasure principle, but rather safeguards it.

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