dethrone
verb (used with object)
to remove from a throne; depose.
will dethrone
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future tenseof dethrone.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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It is no longer such a certainty that China will dethrone America economically, according to recent International Monetary Fund reports.
From Los Angeles Times β Nov. 10, 2023
And he has no illusions that, say, avocado tostadas will dethrone burritos on the sales charts anytime soon.
From New York Times β Jun. 21, 2018
We have Apple Pay, PayPal, Google Wallet, MasterCard, Visa, M-Pesa, bitcoin, and hundreds of alt-coins spawned by bitcoin, all of which claim that they will dethrone good old-fashioned cash.
From Slate β Jul. 7, 2015
He lives only for the day when, in some miraculous burst of virtuosity, he will dethrone the hated Prima Donna.
From Time Magazine Archive
You can guess that I have got a big account against this Prince who swaggers about St. Petersburg and boasts amongst his intimates that he will dethrone the Czar.”
From The Intriguers by William Le Queux
