Associations to the word «Dethrone»

Wiktionary

DETHRONE, verb. To depose; to forcibly relieve a monarch of the monarchy.
DETHRONE, verb. To remove any governing authority from power.

Dictionary definition

DETHRONE, verb. Remove a monarch from the throne; "If the King does not abdicate, he will have to be dethroned".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats