Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Definitions

dethrone

[dee-throhn] / diˈθroʊn /
VERB
oust
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK
crown enthrone put in power


Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

The 41-year-old star will join Jaylen Brown, Joel Embiid and Tyrese Maxey on a Philadelphia team that will aim to dethrone the New York Knicks.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 28, 2026

Now, he'll be trying to dethrone 73-year-old Collins in the election.

From Barron's May 3, 2026

Another clip shows Robert Pattinson sporting a platinum blond buzzcut and staring menacingly in his role as Scytale, who is a new addition to the films and is described as wanting to dethrone Atreides.

From BBC Mar. 18, 2026

After a disastrous rookie season, Williams—the No. 1 overall draft pick in 2024—exhibited astonishing progress over the course of the year to dethrone the Detroit Lions in the NFC North.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 5, 2026

Because of the championship voters’ pronounced bias toward eastern horses in general and War Admiral in particular, Seabiscuit almost certainly could not dethrone the Horse of the Year without beating him on the track.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

October 14: The Airbus A320 dethrones the Boeing 737 as the leader in terms of all-time aircraft deliveries.

From Barron's Aug. 3, 2026

Qualcomm can compete — not as the company that dethrones Nvidia, but as a credible, differentiated option in a fast-growing market.

From MarketWatch Jun. 25, 2026

It is not every day a huge underdog dethrones a living legend.

From BBC Jun. 25, 2022

The idea, well expressed many years ago by the theologian H. Richard Niebuhr, is that “radical monotheism dethrones all absolutes short of the principle of being itself.”

From Washington Post Aug. 25, 2021

"Since one dethrones and keeps as prisoners The most legitimate kings"—that means myself— "The other suffers their unworthy treatment For sordid interests"—that's for Alexander!...

From The Dynasts by Thomas Hardy

Nvidia dethroned Microsoft as the most valuable publicly traded company last June, and its streak as the undisputed heavyweight of the AI era lasted for 265 trading days.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 17, 2026

They have not been out of the top three of the Fifa world ranking since March 2022, and spent two years in the number one spot before being dethroned by France last year.

From BBC Jul. 3, 2026

Texas has dethroned California as the state with the most Fortune 500 companies.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 6, 2026

Once Protestantism was dethroned, historians excavated almost every part of the nation’s spiritual landscape.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 19, 2026

I spent the rest of the day in shock, reeling at the news that I’d been dethroned.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline

Shelton, meanwhile, is coming off the biggest victory of his career, a madcap, wee-hours dethroning of defending champ Alcaraz which also went to a fifth-set tiebreak and ran all the way until 3:33 a.m.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 11, 2026

Among the teams capable of dethroning Norco is Orange Lutheran, No. 2 behind the Cougars in Cal-Hi Sports’ preseason Southland top 20 rankings.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 22, 2026

The Miss Finland Organisation said dethroning Ms Dzafce was a "difficult but necessary" move.

From BBC Dec. 16, 2025

China has reclaimed its title as Germany's top trading partner, dethroning the United States after President Donald Trump launched his tariff onslaught, official data showed Wednesday.

From Barron's Nov. 19, 2025

An act was passed, during this time, in obedience to the demands of the mob, dethroning the king.

From Maria Antoinette Makers of History by John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott




Vocabulary lists containing dethrone


Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Dictionary.com's Learning Companion

Go beyond just looking up words.
Remember them forever with VocabTrainer.

Start training