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dethrone

[dee-throhn] / diˈθroʊn /
VERB
oust
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK
crown enthrone put in power


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Armed with the cash generated by selling around a third of the club to Bezos and company, Liverpool will seek to dethrone Arsenal and claim a record 21st English title.

From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026

The new-look quartet will aim to dethrone the New York Knicks and chase James’s fifth championship.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

But, four weeks before their Wimbledon showdown, Nadal had destroyed Federer 6-1 6-3 6-0 in the Roland Garros final to give him the confidence he could dethrone his rival.

From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026

After a disastrous rookie season, Williams—the No. 1 overall draft pick in 2024—exhibited astonishing progress over the course of the year to dethrone the Detroit Lions in the NFC North.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 5, 2026

We were better equipped than many founders of dynasties had been when they walked north to dethrone an emperor; they had been peasants like us.

From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston

October 14: The Airbus A320 dethrones the Boeing 737 as the leader in terms of all-time aircraft deliveries.

From Barron's ● Aug. 3, 2026

Qualcomm can compete — not as the company that dethrones Nvidia, but as a credible, differentiated option in a fast-growing market.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 25, 2026

“This is precisely why so many economists resist it: because it dethrones their outdated tools and analyses,” she continued.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 4, 2022

It is not every day a huge underdog dethrones a living legend.

From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2022

Let us add, And their testimony dethrones him.

From System of Economical Contradictions; or, the Philosophy of Misery by P.-J. (Pierre-Joseph) Proudhon

That defeat dethroned Bath as champions and they were looking ruthless as they grabbed two early tries.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

Their time of three minutes 47.092 seconds was a new Commonwealth Games record and the Australians had been dethroned.

From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026

Texas has dethroned California as the state with the most Fortune 500 companies.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2026

Hartford dethroned last year’s hottest market, Buffalo, N.Y., ranked by Zillow.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 3, 2026

"From this day on, Your Highness, you are free. The giant who dethroned your father the King is dead!" he said to the "princess."

From "Adventures of Don Quixote" by Argentina Palacios

Shelton, meanwhile, is coming off the biggest victory of his career, a madcap, wee-hours dethroning of defending champ Alcaraz which also went to a fifth-set tiebreak and ran all the way until 3:33 a.m.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

And now you know you’re not mounting a monumental upset and dethroning the defending NBA champions.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2026

China has reclaimed its title as Germany's top trading partner, dethroning the United States after President Donald Trump launched his tariff onslaught, official data showed Wednesday.

From Barron's ● Nov. 19, 2025

As it continues to grow in popularity across the United States, perhaps dethroning the matcha trend, do as I do and when you see pandan on offer — try it.

From Salon ● Feb. 3, 2025

The courts hand down decisions in the name of individual liberty which have for their result the dethroning and extermination of the individual.

From Landmarks of Scientific Socialism "Anti-Duehring" by Friedrich Engels




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