To remove (someone) from their position as monarch; to deprive of a position of supremacy.
To move (someone or something) from a desirable location or place of honour.
(figuratively) To remove (something) from a position of power or paramount importance.
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 Adam, 1845, p. 18,
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 […]
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