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Dictionary: un·seat   (ŭn-sēt') pronunciation
tr.v., -seat·ed, -seat·ing, -seats.
  1. To remove from a seat, especially from a saddle.
  2. To dislodge from a location or position, especially to remove from office.

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The verb has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: remove from political office

Meaning #2: dislodge from one's seat, as from a horse


Translations: Unseat
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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - afsætte, vælte, fratage mandat, styrte

Nederlands (Dutch)
wippen (van een positie beroven), (parlements) zetel van iemand winnen, uit het zadel werpen

Français (French)
v. tr. - désarçonner (un cheval), (Pol) faire perdre son siège à

Deutsch (German)
v. - abwerfen, absetzen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - καθαιρώ, ανατρέπω

Italiano (Italian)
disarcionare, deporre

Português (Portuguese)
v. - remover do cargo, tirar do lugar

Русский (Russian)
сбрасывать, сталкивать (с седла, со стула и пр.), лишать должности, места, лишать парламентского мандата

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - derribar, desarzonar, quitar el puesto

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - kasta av (ur sadeln), få bort ngn från hans sittplats, avsätta, avskeda

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
使从马上摔下, 使失去资格

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 使從馬上摔下, 使失去資格

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 말에서 떨어뜨리다, ~의 자리를 빼앗다, 내쫓다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 席を奪う, 落馬させる, 落選させる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) اسقط عن السرج, انزله عن مقعده, عزل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮הדיח מכיסאו, הפיל (רוכב)‬


 
 
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