unseating
present participle ofunseat
unseat
verb[T]
uk/ʌnˈsiːt/us/ʌnˈsiːt/unseatverb[T](POLITICIAN)
toremovesomeone frompower,especiallyas aresultof anelection:
Theoppositioncandidatefailedby only 39votesto unseat thecabinetminister.
Elections
- absentee
- absentee ballot
- absentee vote
- absentee voter
- absentee voting
- entrance poll
- exit poll
- first-past-the-post
- flip
- franchise
- primary
- proportional representation
- proxy
- proxy vote
- proxy voter
- votesomethingthrough
- voting
- voting booth
- voting machine
- voting slip
unseatverb[T](RIDER)
If ahorseunseatsitsrider, itthrowsthem fromitsback.
Horse riding
- bridle
- canter
- cinch
- curry
- endurance rider
- endurance riding
- equestrianism
- eventer
- girth
- high-spirited
- horseman
- jib
- jodhpurs
- mounted
- pony trekking
- rein
- saddle-sore
- sidesaddle
- snaffle
- whip
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Throwing
Examplesofunseating
unseating
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
These two are so linked together on this issue that you could not attack one withoutunseatingthe other.
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He is one of the greatest demagogues and perhaps one of the greatest experts when it comes to pushing aside troublesome rivals orunseatingothers who come to power.
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In fact, a plural voter, possibly acting ignorantly and in all good faith, may jeopardise the election, and possibly lead to theunseatingof a perfectly innocent man.
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Natural contraction and expansion of the wires tied to these threadless insulators resulted in insulatorsunseatingfrom their pins, requiring manual reseating.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He was successful, unexpectedlyunseatingthe impregnable incumbent member.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Mormons tended to vote as a bloc there oftenunseatinglocal political leadership.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.This comprehensive list included public roads, tariffs, coining, collecting punitive fees, and the investiture, the seating andunseatingof office holders.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Between 1857 and 1868 six petitions were lodged against election results, of which three succeeded in voiding the election andunseatingone or more of the victors.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Mormons tended to vote as a bloc there, wielding considerable political and economic influence, oftenunseatinglocal political leadership and earning long-lasting enmity in the frontier communities.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Theunseatingor destooling of a chief by tribal elders was a fairly common practice if the chief failed to meet the desires or expectations of the community.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Unseatingan incumbent supervisor is extraordinarily difficult, due largely to the prohibitive cost of mounting a successful challenge in districts of such enormous geographical and population size.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Hayden sued over hisunseating, which resulted in two hung juries and two victories.
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