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unseat

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un·seat  (n-st)
tr.v. un·seat·ed, un·seat·ing, un·seats
1. To remove from a seat, especially from a saddle.
2. To dislodge from a location or position, especially to remove from office.

unseat [ʌnˈsiːt]
vb (tr)
1. to throw or displace from a seat, saddle, etc.
2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) to depose from office or position
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.unseat - remove from political office; "The Republicans are trying to unseat the liberal Democrat"
remove - remove from a position or an office
2.unseatunseat - dislodge from one's seat, as from a horse
move, displace - cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant"

unseat
verb
1. depose, overthrow, oust, remove, dismiss, discharge, displace, dethrone It is not clear who was behind the attempt to unseat the President.
2. throw, unsaddle, unhorse She was unseated on her first ride.
Translations
unseat [ˈʌnˈsiːt] VT
1. [+ rider] → derribar, desarzonar; [+ passenger etc] → echar de su asiento
2. (Parl) [+ MP] → hacer perder su escaño
unseat
vt riderabwerfen; person (from office) → seines Amtes entheben
unseat [ʌnˈsiːt] vt (rider) → disarcionare (fig) (official) → spodestare; (Members of Parliament) → far perdere il seggio a
unseat [ʌnˈsiːt] vt (rider) → disarcionare (fig) (official) → spodestare; (Members of Parliament) → far perdere il seggio a


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First I taught them that they could not unseat me, and even rapped them sharply between the ears to impress upon them my authority and mastery.
I could not offer the book for publication, for I was afraid it would unseat the reader's reason, I did not know what was the matter with it, for I had not noticed, as yet, that it was two stories in one.
For a moment the bull stood bellowing and quivering with pain and rage, its cloven hoofs widespread, its tail lashing viciously from side to side, and then, in a mad orgy of bucking it went careening about the arena in frenzied attempt to unseat its rending rider.
 
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