Unseat

verb

/ʌnˈsiːt/

Word Frequency: 0.2

Definitions

1.verbTo throw from one's seat; to deprive of a seat.

"The frightened horse reared up and unseated its rider."

2.verbTo deprive of the right to sit in a legislative body, as for fraud in election, or simply by defeating them in an election.

"Having lost her seat to a Tory, she succeeded in unseating him in the next general election."

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