dethrone

[ dee-throhn ]

/ diˈθroʊn /

to remove from a throne; depose.

to remove from any position of power or authority.

Origin of dethrone

First recorded in 1600–10; de- + throne

de·throne·ment, noun de·thron·er, noun un·de·throned, adjective

That project, of course, failed to get much of an audience, or to dethrone Limbaugh.

Happy Huckabee Gets Mad |David Freedlander |May 6, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
I expect the acrimony and sexualized slander to reach a new pitch next year in an attempt to dethrone Palin.

Stop Calling Them Sluts |Mark McKinnon |November 1, 2010 |DAILY BEAST
Three strong contenders each hoped to dethrone the Senate majority leader, the ultimate Washington insider.

Women Rule Primary Night |Mark McKinnon |June 9, 2010 |DAILY BEAST
A lively runaway or the barbaric yawp of a new street fakir may dethrone it at any time.

Atlantic Classics |Various

Combinations were formed to dethrone the king, and the king formed combinations to crush his enemies.

The Empire of Russia |John S. C. Abbott
To overpower the nobility, dethrone the Regent and chase the foreigners from our soil—that is the provost's programme.

The Iron Trevet or Jocelyn the Champion |Eugne Sue
The impious tyrant, it now seemed, would transfer his warfare even into heaven, and dethrone the gods.

History of England from the fall of Wolsey to the death of Elizabeth. Vol. III |James Anthony Froude
In his case, it was to dethrone Somerset, and step into his place.

Robin Tremayne |Emily Sarah Holt

dethrone

/ (dɪˈθrəʊn) /

(tr) to remove from a throne or deprive of any high position or title; depose the champion was dethroned by a young boxer

dethronement, noun dethroner, noun