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
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Examples of unseat in a Sentence
He unseated an incumbent senator.
The horse bucked and unseated its rider.
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The Miami Dolphins were actually being picked by many experts to unseat the Buffalo Bills in the AFC East and make a run at the Super Bowl with an explosive offense featuring Tua Tagovailoa and Tyreek Hill.
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Mike Bianchi, Orlando Sentinel, 11 Jan. 2025
The Washington Post has reported that Trump may spend as much as $2 million to unseat his arch-foe, Mayor Edward I. Koch.
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With more than half of the country battle-struck following the military coup in February 2021 that unseated the civilian authority of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar is racking up dubious superlatives.
—Hannah Beech, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024
In the end, New York Rep. Jamaal Bowman, the brash and burly pro-Palestinian progressive, couldn’t overcome a deluge of outside spending by pro-Israel groups to unseat him.
—Scott Wong, NBC news, 31 Dec. 2024
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Mike Bianchi, Orlando Sentinel, 11 Jan. 2025
The Washington Post has reported that Trump may spend as much as $2 million to unseat his arch-foe, Mayor Edward I. Koch.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2025
With more than half of the country battle-struck following the military coup in February 2021 that unseated the civilian authority of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar is racking up dubious superlatives.
—Hannah Beech, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024
In the end, New York Rep. Jamaal Bowman, the brash and burly pro-Palestinian progressive, couldn’t overcome a deluge of outside spending by pro-Israel groups to unseat him.
—Scott Wong, NBC news, 31 Dec. 2024
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“Unseat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unseat. Accessed 19 Jan. 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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