dethroned

• past participle

  past participle

  A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.

  of dethrone.
  dethrone

  verb (used with object)

  to remove from a throne; depose.
• past tense form

  past tense

  Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.

  of dethrone.
  dethrone

  verb (used with object)

  to remove from a throne; depose.

Example Sentences

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dethroned

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

For the first time this year, California was not the state with the most Fortune 500 companies, after Texas dethroned it in June.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2026

Nvidia dethroned Microsoft as the most valuable publicly traded company last June, and its streak as the undisputed heavyweight of the AI era lasted for 265 trading days.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 3, 2026

A kingdom where kings are throned and dethroned daily.

From "Look Both Ways" by Jason Reynolds

Related Words

• depose