disenthroning
Ousting a monarch
Disenthroning is the act of removing someone from a throne or position of power.
The word appears in contexts of monarchies overthrown or champions dethroned: The rebels succeeded in disenthroning the king.
It extends to any displacement from dominance: The upstart company is disenthroning the industry leader.
Removing from authority
- unseatingRemoving from a position
- oustingForcible removal from position
- uncrowningRemoving from power
- removalAct of taking away
usurpation · displacement · supplanting · dislodgment · abdication · stripping · divestiture · expulsion
Abrupt seizure of power
- rebellionDefiance of established power
- usurpationWrongful seizure of power
- insurrectionViolent uprising against authority
- uprisingOrganized resistance to power
mutiny · revolt · insurgency · sedition · subversion · revolution · resistance · putsch
deposing
Removing from authority
- unseatingRemoving from a position
- oustingForcible removal from position
- uncrowningRemoving from power
removal · usurpation · displacement · supplanting · dislodgment · abdication · stripping · divestiture · expulsion · dispossession
coup
Abrupt seizure of power
- rebellionDefiance of established power
- usurpationWrongful seizure of power
- insurrectionViolent uprising against authority
uprising · mutiny · revolt · insurgency · sedition · subversion · revolution · resistance · putsch · regicide
fall
Descend under gravity
disgrace · humiliation · defeat · decline · degradation · shame · loss · failure · plummet · undoing
disenthroningenthroning
Formally installing a ruler
coronating · crowning · enthronement · coronation · installing
disenthroningelevating
Lifting to higher level
exalting · glorifying · raising · enshrining · honoring
throne, dethrone, thrones, enthrone, enthronement, dethroned, enthroned, dethronement, dethroning