| VERB | social | dethrone | remove a monarch from the throne |
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| Sounds | dihthrow'n; diythrow'n | |
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| Rhymes | acetone ... zone: 126 rhymes with own... | |
| Meaning | Remove a monarch from the throne. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Example | "If the King does not abdicate, he will have to be dethroned" | |
| Broader | divest, disinvest | deprive of status or authority |
| Opposite | enthrone, throne | put a monarch on the throne |
| Spanish | destronar | |
| Catalan | destronar | |
| Nouns | dethronement | the act of deposing someone |
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