unseat
Example Sentences
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Mestrovic wouldn’t say whether he planned to launch a proxy fight to unseat directors.
Although she had reportedly expressed interest in the state's governor race next year, she recently said she would not seek that office – or seek to unseat incumbent Democratic Senator Jon Ossoff.
From BBC
Not many firms are looking to unseat the S&P 500 or displace the Bloomberg terminal.
The 2011 uprising that aimed to unseat Assad, and his violent response over the next decade and a half, left half a million dead.
Even with U.S. warships offshore, the strongman has prevailed in efforts to unseat him—purging, spying and paying off officers so the armed forces remain loyal.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.