Meaning

4 senses
  1. To depose; to forcibly relieve a monarch of the monarchy.

    entthronen, absetzen, stürzen

    сверга́тьsvergátʹ, све́ргнутьsvérgnutʹ

    детронізуватиdetronizuvaty

  2. To remove any governing authority from power.

    absetzen, stürzen

    сверга́тьsvergátʹ, све́ргнутьsvérgnutʹ

    скида́тиskydáty, ски́нутиskýnuty

    remove a monarch from the throne

  3. To remove from any position of high status or power.

  4. (figuratively)To remove (something) from a position of power or paramount importance.

Examples

3 sentences
  1. He who dethrones the idea of law, bids chaos welcome in its stead.

  2. China and Russia want to dethrone the US.

  3. On the day AlphaGo beat Ke Jie, the deep learning was dethroning humanity's best Go player ever.

    ruВ тот день, когда AlphaGo победила Ке Джи, глубокое обучение свергло лучшего игрока в го, которого когда-либо было в человечестве. — carlosalberto

    deAn dem Tag, an dem AlphaGo Ke Jie besiegte, entthronte das tiefe Lernen den besten Go-Spieler, den die Menschheit je hatte. — carlosalberto

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Translations

6 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
forcibly remove a monarch:
remove governing authority from power:
Русский
By meaning 1
forcibly remove a monarch:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
forcibly remove a monarch:

Forms

dethrones, dethroning, dethroned, dethroned
Base formdethrone · to dethrone
3rd person singulardethrones
Present participledethroning
Past simpledethroned
Past participledethroned

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theydethrone
he, she, itdethrones

Past simpleLesson

all personsdethroned

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave dethroned
he, she, ithas dethroned

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill dethrone

Synonyms

12 synonyms

Antonyms

9 antonyms

Word family

8 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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