DEFROCKED Synonyms: 49 Similar and Opposite Words

defrocked

verb

past tense of defrock

as in deposed

to remove from a position of prominence or power (as a throne) the movie's director was defrocked for going way over budget

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Recent Examples of defrocked The charges arose after the church in January defrocked Bishop Gevorg Saroyan, who had previously called for Karekin's ouster. — Arkansas Online, 9 Aug. 2026 The priest who married them was really defrocked. — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 31 Mar. 2026 Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA defrocked Chief Executive Officer Luigi Lovaglio in an effort to end a bruising period of leadership turmoil. — Sonia Sirletti, Bloomberg, 25 Mar. 2026 Kiesle was finally defrocked in 1987. — Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 22 Mar. 2026

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Paxton wasn't a defendant in the suit, but as the company's former attorney, he was deposed in 2019 and in 2022.

— Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026
The good news is the world has not seen a successful military coup since November of last year, when soldiers deposed the president of Guinea-Bissau on the coast of West Africa.

— Keith B. Richburg, Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2026

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Come the end of the season, Frank had been sacked and Tottenham only just stayed up.

— Michael Cox, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026
The Jayhawks trailed by six and got the ball at their 11 with 17 seconds left, but Missouri sealed the 36-28 victory with a safety when Lorenzo Williams sacked Reesing in the end zone.

— Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 25 Aug. 2026

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Fedorov, a popular minister credited with modernizing Ukraine’s armed forces and accelerating the military’s embrace of technology and drone warfare, was dismissed last month after reportedly falling out with the country’s top military commander.

— ABC News, ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026
Gonzalez Rogers initially dismissed the case, though the Supreme Court later took it up and ruled that consumers could sue the company.

— Jeffrey Kopp, CNBC, 22 Aug. 2026

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