'Unseat' definitions:
Definition of 'unseat'
(from WordNet)
verb
Remove from political office; "The Republicans are trying to unseat the liberal Democrat"
verb
Dislodge from one's seat, as from a horse
Definition of 'Unseat'
From: GCIDE
- Unseat \Un*seat"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + seat.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. To throw from one's seat; to deprive of a seat. --Cowper. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Specifically, to deprive of the right to sit in a legislative body, as for fraud in election. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'unseat'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- break,
- buck off,
- bust,
- cashier,
- deconsecrate,
- defrock,
- depose,
- deracinate,
- dethrone,
- disarticulate,
- disbar,
- discrown,
- disenthrone,
- disjoint,
- dislocate,
- dislodge,
- dismiss,
- dismount,
- displace,
- drum out,
- excommunicate,
- expel,
- give the gate,
- kick upstairs,
- liquidate,
- luxate,
- oust,
- overthrow,
- pension,
- pension off,
- pitch,
- purge,
- read out of,
- remove,
- remove from office,
- retire,
- root out,
- root up,
- strip of office,
- strip of rank,
- superannuate,
- suspend,
- throw off,
- unchurch,
- unfrock,
- unhinge,
- unhorse,
- unjoint,
- unplace,
- unsaddle,
- unthrone,
- uproot