unseated; unseating; unseats
1
: to dislodge from one's seat especially on horseback
2
: to remove from a place or position
especially
: to remove from political office
Examples of unseat in a Sentence
He unseated an incumbent senator.
The horse bucked and unseated its rider.
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Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 7 Feb. 2025
Hall was elected as Michigan House speaker after Michigan Republicans took back the chamber in November, unseating former Democratic House Speaker Joe Tate.
—Ross O'Keefe, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 5 Feb. 2025
The long jump record unseated a prior mark that had stood since 2003.
—Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 18 Jan. 2025
The Constitutional Court of South Korea began formal deliberations on Tuesday to decide whether to unseat President Yoon Suk Yeol.
—Choe Sang-Hun, New York Times, 14 Jan. 2025
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“Unseat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unseat. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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unseat
verb
un·seat
ˌən-ˈsēt 
ˈən-
1
: to throw from one's seat especially on horseback
2
: to remove from a place or position
especially
: to remove from political office
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