dethrone
verb (used with object)
to remove from a throne; depose.
were dethroning
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past progressiveof dethrone.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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His bearing towards the Queen, who abhorred him—not without good reason—was considered to be lamentably lacking in that ceremonious respect for the Crown which the Whigs always maintained even when they were dethroning Kings.
From Prime Ministers and Some Others A Book of Reminiscences by George William Erskine Russell
