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# dethrone

«dethrone» in Mova's school dictionary: **to remove him from the throne so that he no longer rules** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (dethrone, dethrones, dethroned, dethroning)

### meaning for a pupil

To dethrone a king or ruler is to remove him from the throne so that he no longer rules. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dethrone/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in stories a rebel, traitor or wicked uncle takes power from the rightful ruler.

### examples

- The rebels planned to dethrone the old king. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dethrone/#x1)
- His wicked uncle dethroned the rightful heir. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dethrone/#x2)
- The people dethroned the cruel queen. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dethrone/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «dethrone» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dethrone/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.