deposing

verb

present participle of depose
1
as in sacking
to remove from a position of prominence or power (as a throne) a military junta deposed the dictator after he had bankrupted the country

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2
as in testifying
to make a solemn declaration under oath for the purpose of establishing a fact she was nervous when the time to depose before the jury finally arrived

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3
as in putting
to arrange something in a certain spot or position deposed her fan and gloves on the dressing table

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Recent Examples of deposing Successfully deposing the Mad King, The Rebellion leads to the downfall of House Targaryen. — Greg Evans, Deadline, 25 July 2026 Hamad himself seized control after deposing his father, Sheikh Khalifa, in a bloodless palace coup in 1995. — Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2026 Conspicuously absent in the edit is the follow-up question from the attorney deposing Cavanaugh, who asked whether DOGE actually managed to reduce the deficit. — Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 10 June 2026 While the opposition Conservative Party has a history of deposing prime ministers while in office, Labour does not, said Jonathan Tonge, a professor of politics at the University of Liverpool. — ABC News, 14 May 2026 The judge also said attorneys across the lawsuits will need to work together to coordinate deposing counselors, campers and staff only one time to minimize harm. — Andy Rose, CNN Money, 16 Apr. 2026 One of our sources told Gina that getting rid of a sheriff in Alabama is like deposing a king. — Dana Taylor, USA Today, 9 Mar. 2026 The legal teams re-entered the courtroom after deposing the ice agent for a second time. — Nikiya Carrero, CBS News, 18 Feb. 2026 At the same time, the president has brought Russia’s Vladimir Putin out of isolation, stunned the world by deposing Venezuela’s leader and made invasion threats toward Greenland, a semi-autonomous territory of NATO member Denmark. — Bloomberg News, Boston Herald, 17 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deposing
  1. sacking
  2. testifying
  3. putting
  4. toppling
  5. placing
  6. dismissing
  7. situating
  8. dethroning
Verb
  • Whereas owners previously diffused negative situations by sacking a head coach, changing a sporting director or someone prominent within the department can now have a similar effect.
    — Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026
  • The museum replaced him with Sasha Suda, hiring her away from the National Gallery of Canada before sacking her following a disastrous rebrand and replacing her with Weiss, a former president of New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art.
    — News Desk, Artforum, 29 July 2026
Definition of sacking
Verb
  • Kirk Heilbrun, a forensic psychologist who evaluated Clancy in April, concluded his testimony Tuesday, testifying that Clancy was suffering from a form of bipolar disorder, but could still appreciate that killing her children was wrong.
    — Melina Khan, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2026
  • The investigators who haven’t already died are almost all retired, some of them awkwardly testifying via Zoom with technical difficulties from homes far away.
    — Andy Rose, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of testifying
Verb
  • Mars challenges restrictive Saturn, putting your desire to take a chance against someone else’s need for reassurance.
    — Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 1 Sep. 2026
  • The CameraJet came out on top on every metric—but the comparison seems a bit like putting a mortar and pestle up against a VitaMix.
    — Jenny Bailly, Allure, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of putting
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  • And while some don’t want to wait that long to have the chance of toppling Infantino, the current FIFA boss does have some support swimming in the sea of objectors.
    — Amanda Davies, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2026
  • The vehicle even remained intact after toppling over, a feat none of its predecessors had pulled off.
    — Mike Wall, Space.com, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of toppling
Verb
  • At face value, young men exercising should not be reason to sound the alarms, and yet there is something treacherous about men in their formative years placing physical beauty as the ultimate expression of self-actualization.
    — José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 27 Aug. 2026
  • The Kennedy Center's board has voted to credit Trump for a pending renovation project by placing his name on the building and grounds.
    — Emily R. Condon, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of placing
Verb
  • William Roberson Anyone dismissing the Slingshot (in any form) on practicality grounds is missing the point by a light year or two - the Slingshot makes a Miata seem like a spacious minivan.
    — William Roberson, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
  • She was especially hurt that some of the people who criticized Cox most harshly, dismissing him as craven and disingenuous, were those who had the closest relationships with him.
    — McKay Coppins, The Atlantic, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of dismissing
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  • The report proposed situating it at the western end of the Mall, near the Potomac River.
    — Jennifer Tucker, The Conversation, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Orienting and situating new guests has been honed to a fine art, and the activities and general levels of service are well-supervised and helpful.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 July 2026
Definition of situating
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  • The Patriots are the defending division champs after dethroning quarterback Josh Allen and the Bills last season en route to representing the AFC in the Super Bowl.
    — Austin Mock, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026
  • The article examines how Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) and Artificial Superintelligence (ASI) could end human exceptionalism, potentially dethroning humanity as the planet's apex species.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of dethroning

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“Deposing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deposing. Accessed 2 Sep. 2026.

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