dethroning
Ousting the monarch
Dethroning is removing someone from a position of power or supremacy.
The literal sense involves deposing a monarch, but the word applies more broadly to anyone displaced from a dominant position: The upset match dethroned the defending champion.
The term carries connotations of dramatic reversal—the mighty brought low.
Causing to collapse
- oustingForcible removal from position
- unseatingRemoving from a position
- deposingRemoving from authority
- displacementRemoval from usual location
uncrowning · downfall · abdication · removal · dislodgement · ejection · expulsion · supplanting
Clandestine coordinated scheming
- plotStoryline or land parcel
- treacheryDeliberate violation of trust
- betrayalBreaking of trust
- regicideMurdering a monarch
assassination · insurrection · mutiny · sedition · cabal · palace intrigue · usurpation · putsch
Defeating completely in battle
- conquestDefeating and seizing control
- triumphResounding, celebrated victory
- victoryDefeating an opponent
- routOverwhelming one-sided victory
subjugation · overcoming · crushing · prevailing · domination · checkmate · humiliation · downfall
Organized resistance to power
- revoltOrganized resistance to power
- revolutionViolent governmental overthrow
- insurgencyArmed uprising against authority
- resistanceCapacity to withstand force
subversion · revolutionaries · insurgents · dissent · insurrection · anarchy · civil war · populist
Rule by crowned sovereign
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
- crownSovereign's ornamental headpiece
- scepterCeremonial staff of sovereignty
- dynastySuccessive family rulers
regalia · reign · dominion · ruler · kingship · succession · legitimacy · authority
toppling
Causing to collapse
- oustingForcible removal from position
- unseatingRemoving from a position
- deposingRemoving from authority
displacement · uncrowning · downfall · abdication · removal · dislodgement · ejection · expulsion · supplanting · disenthronement
conspiracy
Clandestine coordinated scheming
regicide · assassination · insurrection · mutiny · sedition · cabal · palace intrigue · usurpation · putsch · takeover
vanquishing
Defeating completely in battle
- conquestDefeating and seizing control
- triumphResounding, celebrated victory
- victoryDefeating an opponent
rout · subjugation · overcoming · crushing · prevailing · domination · checkmate · humiliation · downfall · annihilation
uprising
Organized resistance to power
- revoltOrganized resistance to power
- revolutionViolent governmental overthrow
- insurgencyArmed uprising against authority
resistance · subversion · revolutionaries · insurgents · dissent · insurrection · anarchy · civil war · populist · guerrillas
monarchy
Rule by crowned sovereign
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
- crownSovereign's ornamental headpiece
- scepterCeremonial staff of sovereignty
dynasty · regalia · reign · dominion · ruler · kingship · succession · legitimacy · authority · royal
- pageantsbeauty pageant, beauty pageants, beauty queen, beauty queens, contestant
- coupscoup d'etat, overthrow, coup attempt, soft coup, failed coup
- expulsionsejection, ousting, expelling, forcing out, eviction
- power shiftsregime change, coup d'etat, overthrow, abdication, inauguration
- Royal Exitsabdication, deposition, overthrow, ouster, unseating
- succession crisessuccession crisis, succession dispute, disputed succession, succession war, war of succession
dethroningenthroning
Formally installing a ruler
crowning · coronation · throning · enthronement · installing
dethroningelevating
Lifting to higher level
crowning · exalting · enshrining · promoting · empowering