disenthrones

Verb

disenthrone (third-person singular simple present disenthrones, present participle disenthroning, simple past and past participle disenthroned)

1. To remove (someone) from their position as monarch; to deprive of a position of supremacy.
   • […] to disinthrone the King of Heav’n / We warr […]1667, John Milton, “Book II”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished...

   Synonyms:

   depose, dethrone, discrown, uncrown, unking, unthrone

2. To move (someone or something) from a desirable location or place of honour.
   • There were fruits of every kind; clusters of luscious grapes, quinces, pears, apples and pomegranates, long strings of figs, boxes of dates, and honey-dew melons sweeter than honey; all would be disenthroned from their lofty pantry dominions from which for months they had been tempting the yearning...1921, Constantine M. Panunzio, chapter 1, in The Soul of an Immigrant, New York: Macmillan, pages 25–26
3. (figuratively) To remove (something) from a position of power or paramount importance.
   • As civilization has gradually progressed it has equalised the physical qualities of man. Instead of the strong arm it is the strong head that is now the moving principle of society. You have disenthroned Force, and placed on her high seat Intelligence […]1844, Benjamin Disraeli, speech given at the Manchester Athenæum Grand Soirée, 3 October, 1844, in Addresses Delivered by Lord John Manners […] B. Disraeli […] G. Sydney Smythe, London: Hayward and...