to depose
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7.4
- verb
- /dɪˈpoʊz/
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- The gentry want you deposed.
- deposed Shah
- deposed king
- deposed regime
The French likewise later on found themselves deposing their monarchy, their absolute monarchy.
- The French likewise later on found themselves deposing their monarchy, their absolute monarchy.
- And when they're finally deposed by the Carolingians, that hair is cut.
- When they're unhappy, they, they go against us and they, they might depose us from power.
- You know, we he and I both voted against McCarthy and, you know, deposing him.
- This emperor came to power, deposed his predecessor, and got the Bulgars off our back.
- He shows up, although some people think he might have been been some other, some other group and he deposes Augustus.
- But since Yasu was deposed a few months later, any plans for cooperation with Ethiopia simply fell through.
- My hesitation and using the word rules is that he is deposed once and forced to go undergo public penance twice.
- You know, what did Felix say when you deposed him?
- He had actually taken his own brothers, the autocratic Abdel Hamid's throne after he was deposed in the revolution.
Examples
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Are we to do nothing as my sister is deposed?
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The military forces decided to depose the dictator after years of repression.
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If I fight another campaign, it must be to depose them.
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-We depose those in power.
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Kings had been deposed and replaced.
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Curse him if he refuse, and then may we depose him and elect another king.
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I'm sure you wouldn't suggest that we depose another government, or would you?
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The king is deposed.
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King Richard was deposed.
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His downfall came when the queen and her ally, Roger Mortimer, deposed the king in 1326.
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Synonyms
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1.5
To move something or someone away from a place
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3.0
Force someone to leave a place or group
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5.0
Force someone to leave a place, such as a school or country, often by official order
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5.5
To make a person leave their usual place or job
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4.6
To make a leader or government lose power
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5.1
To remove a leader or government from power, often by force
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6.2
To remove someone from power, often suddenly or by force
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3.3
To remove someone from their job
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4.4
To make someone leave a job by pressure or threats
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3.5
To make someone leave their job
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6.2
Remove someone from a position of power, often in politics
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6.3
Remove a leader or government from power, often by force
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6.7
To remove a king or queen from power and their position
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7.2
Take away power, rights, or property from someone by official order
To remove someone from the job of leading a group
Antonyms
How Forceful
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5.1
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4.1
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7.4
80
6.2
70
3.3
∞
1.5
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word depose comes from the Latin parts de- 'down' and ponere 'to put'. Think of lowering a leader from their seat—when you depose someone you 'put them down' from power, so the word means to remove a person from office.