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Antonyms for dethrone

Grammar : Verb
Spell : dee-throhn
Phonetic Transcription : diˈθroʊn

Definition of dethrone

Origin :
  • c.1600; see de- (privative) + throne. Related: Dethroned; dethroning.
  • verb oust
Example sentences :
  • When the latter so arrogantly assumed the command, Hiens became very restive, and was waiting for an opportunity to dethrone him.
  • Extract from : « The Adventures of the Chevalier De La Salle and His Companions, in Their Explorations of the Prairies, Forests, Lakes, and Rivers, of the New World, and Their Interviews with the Savage Tribes, Two Hundred Years Ago » by John S. C. Abbott
  • She will again seek to dethrone Religion, and enthrone Reason.
  • Extract from : « The Lost Ten Tribes, and 1882 » by Joseph Wild
  • But the dream required that he should dethrone his grandfather.
  • Extract from : « The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. 1 (2 vols) » by Thomas De Quincey
  • So it is with all the holy things of God: if I dethrone them they will uncrown me.
  • Extract from : « My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year » by John Henry Jowett
  • And destiny is but the phantom we invoke to silence the one, to dethrone the other!
  • Extract from : « The Last Of The Barons, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • In his case, it was to dethrone Somerset, and step into his place.
  • Extract from : « Robin Tremayne » by Emily Sarah Holt
  • Why dethrone a living God from the sovereignty of His own world?
  • Extract from : « The Hart and the Water-Brooks; » by John R. Macduff
  • Your priests will dethrone you, and elevate against you an anti-pope, or will say that you are crazy.
  • Extract from : « The Red Lily, Complete » by Anatole France
  • Is it not to dethrone self and enthrone God in the hearts of men?
  • Extract from : « Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of Matthew » by John Monro Gibson
  • Here, I say, is an English king whom no time or chance can dethrone!
  • Extract from : « The World's Greatest Books -- Vol XX -- Miscellaneous Literature and Index » by Various

Synonyms for dethrone

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