verb (used with object), de·throned, de·thron·ing.
- to remove from a throne; depose.
- to remove from any position of power or authority.
verb
- (tr) to remove from a throne or deprive of any high position or title; deposethe champion was dethroned by a young boxer
c.1600; see de- (privative) + throne. Related: Dethroned; dethroning.