dethrone
verb (used with object)
to remove from a throne; depose.
dethrones
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present tense formof dethrone (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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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
It is not every day a huge underdog dethrones a living legend.
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2022
The 13-foot fish dethrones the former record-holder, a 646-pound catfish found in northern Thailand in 2005.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 21, 2022
Romans, awake! awake! be inspired with a nobler love of liberty than that which, if it dethrones the tyrant of today, would madly risk the danger of tyranny for tomorrow!
From Rienzi, Last of the Roman Tribunes by Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton
