depose
[verb]
Synonyms:
- remove from office, demote, dethrone, dismiss, displace, oust
- testify, avouch, declare, make a deposition

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Contrasted words: inaugurate, induct, install, instate, invest, crown, enthrone, throne
Related Words: overthrow, subvert, upset, chuck, dismiss, eject, oust, throw out

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de‧pose /dɪˈpəʊz $ -ˈpoʊz/ verb [transitive]
[Date: 1200-1300; Language: French; Origin: déposer, from Latin deponere 'to put down']
to remove a leader or ruler from a position of power

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