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unseat


verb (used with object)

  1. to dislodge from a seat, especially to throw from a saddle, as a rider; unhorse.
  2. to remove from political office by an elective process, by force, or by legal action: The corrupt mayor was finally unseated.

verb (tr)

  1. to throw or displace from a seat, saddle, etc
  2. to depose from office or position

v.1590s, “to throw down from a seat” (especially on horseback), from un- (2) + seat (v.). Meaning “to deprive of rank or office” is attested from 1610s; especially of elected office in a representative body from 1834. Related: Unseated; unseating.

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