Often the people do not wish to depose a tyrant, often they cannot not.
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Depose
//diˈpoʊz//
Synonyms for "depose" (132 found)
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Strong matches (39)
Related words (66)
kiss the booklay offlet golet outliquidatemake redundantmountoustoverthrowoverturnpensionpension offpredicateprofessprotestpurgeput byread out ofreleaseremove
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remove from officereplaceretireroot outroot upsackseparate forciblystorestowstripstrip of officestrip of ranksubvertsuperannuatesurplussuspendswear by bellswear the truthswear toswear to godswear to goodnesstestifythrow offthrow outturn offturn outunchurchuncrownunfrockunhorseunmakeunplaceunsaddleunseatunthroneuprootupsetvouchvowwarrantwitness
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Translations
62 translations across 19 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- عزل verb (to remove (a leader) from office)
Armenian
2 entries- գահընկեց անել verb (to remove (a leader) from office)
- տապալել verb (to remove (a leader) from office)
Bulgarian
4 entries- давам клетва verb (to take an oath)
- давам показания verb (to give evidence or testimony)
- депонирам verb (to put - or lay something down)
- детронирам verb (to remove (a leader) from office)
Czech
4 entries- sesadit verb (to remove (a leader) from office)
- svrhnout verb (to remove (a leader) from office)
- svědčit pod přísahou verb (to give evidence or testimony)
- vypovídat pod přísahou verb (to give evidence or testimony)
Dutch
4 entries- afzetten verb (to remove (a leader) from office)
- eed getuigenis/ afleggen afnemen verb (to interrogate and elicit testimony)
- een/de eed afleggen/ zweren verb (to take an oath)
- getuigen verb (to give evidence or testimony)
Finnish
1 entries- suistaa vallasta verb (to remove (a leader) from office)
German
4 entries- absetzen verb (to remove (a leader) from office)
- bezeugen verb (to give evidence or testimony)
- deponieren verb (to put - or lay something down)
- entthronen verb (to remove (a leader) from office)
Hebrew
1 entries- הדיח verb (to remove (a leader) from office)
Hungarian
3 entries- eltávolít verb (to remove (a leader) from office)
- letesz verb (to remove (a leader) from office)
- tanúsít verb (to give evidence or testimony)
Irish
3 entries- (Ceannaire) do briseadh amach verb (to remove (a leader) from office)
- aithríoghadh verb (to remove (a leader) from office)
- fianaise a thabhairt verb (to give evidence or testimony)
Latin
1 entries- dēpōnō verb (to remove (a leader) from office)
Māori
1 entries- whakataka verb (to remove (a leader) from office)
Polish
4 entries- detronizować verb (to remove (a leader) from office)
- dymisjonować verb (to remove (a leader) from office)
- odwołać verb (to remove (a leader) from office)
- odwoływać verb (to remove (a leader) from office)
Portuguese
2 entries- depor verb (to remove (a leader) from office)
- depor verb (to give evidence or testimony)
Romanian
4 entries- a depune mărturie verb (to give evidence or testimony)
- depune verb (to put - or lay something down)
- detronare verb (to remove (a leader) from office)
- mărturisi verb (to give evidence or testimony)
Russian
2 entries- низлага́ть verb (to remove (a leader) from office)
- низложи́ть verb (to remove (a leader) from office)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- svrgnuti verb (to remove (a leader) from office)
Spanish
4 entries- deponer verb (to remove (a leader) from office)
- deponer verb (to give evidence or testimony)
- deposar verb (to give evidence or testimony)
- desponer verb (to remove (a leader) from office)
Swedish
1 entries- avsätta verb (to remove (a leader) from office)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
The communists who helped depose the Shah were purged by the Ayatollahs in the 1980s.
Source: tatoeba (11047301)
Discontented officers in the army and navy rallied to this idea, and a conspiracy was organized to depose the emperor and declare a republic.
Source: tatoeba (11641175)
Delay, deny, and depose.
Source: tatoeba (13033990)
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