DEPOSED Synonyms: 113 Similar and Opposite Words

deposed

verb

past tense of depose

as in sacked

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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as in testified

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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as in situated

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 deposed Pahlavi, 65, has lived in the United States for most of his life since his father, Mohammad Reza Shah, was deposed during the 1979 Islamic Revolution. —

Karl Vick, Time, 13 Jan. 2026 Pahlavi's father, the late Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, was deposed during the 1979 Islamic Revolution, which transformed the country from a monarchy to an Islamic republic. —

Rachel Wolf, FOXNews.com, 13 Jan. 2026 Firefighters are being deposed a month after plaintiffs’ attorneys questioned employees of California State Parks. —

Jenny Jarvie, Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2026 The Hollywood Foreign Press Association, which determined each year's nominees until they were deposed as the deciding committee in 2022 in the wake of a scandal, revised its rules around animation in 2014. —

Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Jan. 2026 Over the past two years—since Hamas’s October 7, 2023, attack on Israel, which Ayatollah Khamenei alone among major world leaders openly endorsed—Iran’s regional proxies and global allies have been decimated or deposed. —

Karim Sadjadpour, The Atlantic, 10 Jan. 2026 Early Saturday, the United States conducted military strikes in Venezuela and deposed President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores. —

Grace Miserocchi, Chicago Tribune, 10 Jan. 2026 Suarez was deposed in the SEC’s case last year, but says he has never been contacted by the FBI, whose investigation is ongoing. —

Miami Herald, 21 Dec. 2025 But the toy king had been deposed. —

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Heitinga was sacked at Ajax on November 6 with interim coach Fred Grim overseeing six victories and four defeats across 11 matches since, including the side’s 6-0 Dutch Cup loss at AZ on Wednesday, in which former Spurs striker Troy Parrott scored a hat-trick.

— Colin Millar, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2026
Hortiz praised the Chargers’ offensive line for their play in the wake of season-ending injuries to tackles Joe Alt and Rashawn Slater, but the fact was that Herbert was sacked 54 times during the regular season, the most in his six-year career, plus six more times Sunday by the Patriots.

— Elliott Teaford, Oc Register, 15 Jan. 2026