usurp
Example Sentences
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Instead he adopts St. Augustine’s anthropology and depicts the new seekers of the City of Man usurping the old believers in the City of God.
Once Will joins the team, a “never meet your heroes” lesson ensues, since Jett feels like he’s usurping her position.
From Los Angeles Times
The pre-Virgilian sources suggest that Dido’s brother, Pygmalion, killed her husband and usurped the throne.
However, they still ended the 2023-24 season as champions, usurping Manchester City on goal difference on the final day.
From BBC
Tuesday's latest reverse meant Celtic missed the chance to usurp Hearts at the top of the table.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
