| It is the first time in seven years that the kings of football have been dethroned. |
| No sooner had gold asserted itself as an absolute monarch than it was dethroned. |
| If this was boxing, Wexford would now be the reigning champions, having dethroned Kilkenny. |
| For history lovers, Richard the Second was dethroned by Bolingbroke, who was kinged Henry The Fourth. |
| The new constitution of 1945 dethroned the king and established a federal communist party state. |
| Lanre Atijosan, also from Prendergast, then dethroned the reigning champion in the long jump with a mark of 5.65 metres. |
