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Disenthrone
Definitions
- 1 To remove (someone) from their position as monarch; to deprive of a position of supremacy.
"[…] to disinthrone the King of Heav’n / We warr […]"
- 2 To move (someone or something) from a desirable location or place of honour.
"There were fruits of every kind; clusters of luscious grapes, quinces, pears, apples and pomegranates, long strings of figs, boxes of dates, and honey-dew melons sweeter than honey; all would be disenthroned from their lofty pantry dominions from which for months they had been tempting the yearning eyes of children, and placed before all to have and to hold until they could no more."
- 3 To remove (something) from a position of power or paramount importance. figuratively
"1844, Benjamin Disraeli, speech given at the Manchester Athenæum Grand Soirée, 3 October, 1844, in Addresses Delivered by Lord John Manners […] B. Disraeli […] G. Sydney Smythe, London: Hayward and Adam, 1845, p. 18, As civilization has gradually progressed it has equalised the physical qualities of man. Instead of the strong arm it is the strong head that is now the moving principle of society. You have disenthroned Force, and placed on her high seat Intelligence […]"
Etymology
From dis- + enthrone.
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