dethroned
Lost the crown
Dethroned means removed from a position of power or supremacy.
The literal sense involves deposing a monarch: The king was dethroned in the revolution.
More commonly, it describes anyone or anything losing a dominant position: The defending champion was dethroned in the semifinals.
Streaming has dethroned cable as the primary way people watch TV.
Removed from authority
- toppledCaused to fall
- unseatedRemoved from position
- overthrownOusted from authority
- usurpedSeized authority illegally
ousted · removed · displaced · supplanted · dislodged · ejected · expelled · uncrowned
Male crowned ruler
- queenMost powerful chess piece
- monarchHereditary supreme ruler
- sovereignSupreme in power
- rulerOne who governs
crown · scepter · reign · dynasty · succession · coronation · regency · abdication
Forced to leave permanently
- exiledForced from one's country
- expelledOfficially removed or banished
- cast outForcibly remove or expel
- outcastShunned, rejected person
dispossessed · displaced · fugitive · refugee · persona non grata · excommunicated · ostracized · estranged
Sudden loss of power
- humiliatedMade to feel worthless
- disgracedBrought into shame
- discreditedProven unworthy of trust
- shamedMade to feel disgrace
degraded · demoted · fallen · ruined · diminished · debased · dishonored · brought low
deposed
Removed from authority
- toppledCaused to fall
- unseatedRemoved from position
- overthrownOusted from authority
usurped · ousted · removed · displaced · supplanted · dislodged · ejected · expelled · uncrowned · defenestrated
king
Male crowned ruler
ruler · crown · scepter · reign · dynasty · succession · coronation · regency · abdication · usurper
banished
Forced to leave permanently
- exiledForced from one's country
- expelledOfficially removed or banished
- cast outForcibly remove or expel
outcast · dispossessed · displaced · fugitive · refugee · persona non grata · excommunicated · ostracized · estranged · asylum
downfall
Sudden loss of power
- humiliatedMade to feel worthless
- disgracedBrought into shame
- discreditedProven unworthy of trust
shamed · degraded · demoted · fallen · ruined · diminished · debased · dishonored · brought low · comeuppance
- pageantsbeauty pageant, beauty pageants, beauty queen, beauty queens, contestant
- demolishedbeaten, defeated, crushed, destroyed, demolished
- outcastsoutcast, pariah, pariahs, outcasts, outlaws
- oustedfired, axed, sacked, canned, terminated
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