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Noun

1. 1
   The removal of a ruler from the throne.

Verb

1. 1
   present participle and gerund of dethrone form-of, gerund, participle, present

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decoronation

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"On the day AlphaGo beat Ke Jie, the deep learning was dethroning humanity's best Go player ever."

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