decrowned
/dɪˈkraʊnd/
verb
- To remove a crown or royal status from someone; to depose a monarch.
- In the ceremony, the former emperor was formally decrowned before the assembly.
- The rebels decrowned the king after a long and bloody war.
- Historians debate whether the people had the right to decrown a tyrant.
- To strip someone or something of a position of honor, leadership, or supremacy.
- The scandal decrowned the CEO, forcing her to resign from the company.
- The young chess prodigy decrowned the reigning champion in a stunning upset.
- New technology has decrowned many older industries that once dominated the market.