unthroning
/ʌnˈθroʊnɪŋ/
verb
- Present participle of unthrone: removing from a throne or position of power.
- The scandal was slowly unthroning the once-popular mayor.
- The rebels were unthroning the dictator one province at a time.
- She dreamed of unthroning the reigning champion in the next match.
noun
- The act of removing a ruler or leader from power; dethronement.
- Historians still debate the causes of the emperor's unthroning.
- The general's unthroning was swift and bloodless.
- The unthroning of the king was followed by a period of chaos.
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