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Unseat
//(ˌ)ʌnˈsiːt// verb
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Verb
- 1 To dislodge or remove (someone) from a seat, especially on horseback. transitive
"The frightened horse reared up and unseated its rider."
- 2 dislodge from one's seat, as from a horse wordnet
- 3 To remove (someone) from an office or position, especially a political one; to dethrone. figuratively, transitive
"After having lost her seat to a Tory, she succeeded in unseating him in the next general election."
- 4 remove from political office wordnet
- 5 To cause (something) to be removed or replaced in its role; to displace, to overturn. figuratively, transitive
"The Michelson-Morley experiment prompted scientists to unseat their belief in the luminiferous aether."
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- 6 To upset the composure of (someone); to astound, to shock, to unsettle. figuratively, transitive
"The Matrix (1999) utterly unseated audiences around the world with its mind-blowing plot twist."
- 7 To come off or out of a seat. intransitive
"We replaced the screws, since the old ones unseated too easily."
Etymology
From un- (suffix meaning ‘not’) + seat (“to provide with a place to sit”).
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