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 The legal teams re-entered the courtroom after deposing the ice agent for a second time. — Nikiya Carrero, CBS News, 18 Feb. 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 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 Just five days later, on September 9, demonstrators stormed and set fire to key government buildings, deposing the administration, as the BBC reported. — Javier Bastardo, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025 To justify going to war against Iraq—which had played no role at all in the 9/11 attacks—Cheney reached into the bureaucracies to cherry-pick intelligence that would support deposing Saddam. — Karl Vick, Time, 4 Nov. 2025 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 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
  • To an outsider, the scene may spark a certain Schadenfreude, like an army of tiny barbarians sacking Rome.
    — Burkhard Bilger, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
  • One source close to the squad, speaking anonymously to protect relationships, told The Athletic that the AUF considered sacking Bielsa around this period, aware of the ongoing issues with the squad.
    — Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 28 June 2026
Definition of sacking
Verb
  • Following the sentencing, Suffolk County District Attorney Kevin Hayden praised the survivors for their courage in testifying.
    — Nicole Acosta, PEOPLE, 29 June 2026
  • Now testifying is Johnson County Sheriff’s Office Lt.
    — Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 June 2026
Definition of testifying
Verb
  • Belgium was on the front foot from the start, taking six shots and putting two on target in the first eight minutes before going ahead on De Ketelaere’s first goal in the ninth minute.
    — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026
  • A week later, the TPUSA board unanimously voted to install Erika as their new chief executive, putting her at the forefront of his advocacy efforts.
    — Kyler Alvord, PEOPLE, 6 July 2026
Definition of putting
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  • Statue toppling riots… and the very real possibility of death.
    — Rund Abdelfatah, NPR, 2 July 2026
  • Star point guard Tyrese Haliburton missed the entire 2025-26 campaign to recover from a torn Achilles, but the Pacers were one game away from toppling the Oklahoma City Thunder and winning the 2024-25 championship before Haliburton got hurt.
    — Bryan Toporek, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
Definition of toppling
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  • Lawrence natives have held watch parties for all of Team Algeria’s games in downtown Lawrence, as well as various rallies for Algeria’s fans, with downtown stores placing Team Algeria jerseys in display windows.
    — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 3 July 2026
  • Amazon challenged that assumption by proving consumers valued faster delivery enough to justify placing inventory in more locations, before ultimately regionalizing its fulfillment network.
    — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 2 July 2026
Definition of placing
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  • The program was established by state lawmakers in 2018 as a way to help stem the tide of mental illness in jails and prisons, usually by dismissing cases and offering treatment for the underlying conditions behind a defendant’s arrest.
    — Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 6 July 2026
  • Manchester, for example, was in court for a year after dismissing a contractor from the Parkade redevelopment job, and ended up paying $2 million.
    — Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 6 July 2026
Definition of dismissing
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  • That means tracking everything from shipping to unboxing to situating it in our bedrooms.
    — Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 24 June 2026
  • His students had collectively decided to set the play in eighteen-nineties Butte, making the court of Duke Frederick the house of a silver-mining magnate and situating the Forest of Arden in the Absarokas.
    — Jonathan Franzen, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
Definition of situating
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  • Messi's 17th and subsequent 18th goal during the game set a new bar in the World Cup for top scorer— dethroning Germany's Miroslav Klose who had previously held the record at 16 goals.
    — Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 24 June 2026
  • Joe Louis became heavyweight boxing champion of the world by dethroning James Braddock in front of 41,675 paying customers in Comiskey Park.
    — Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 22 June 2026
Definition of dethroning

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“Deposing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deposing. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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