unking

== English == === Etymology === From un- +‎ king. === Verb === unking (third-person singular simple present unkings, present participle unkinging, simple past and past participle unkinged) (archaic) To remove (a king) from power. Synonyms: depose, dethrone, discrown, disenthrone, uncrown, unthrone 1754, Arthur Murphy, The Gray’s-Inn Journal, No. 66, 19 January, 1754, in Volume 2, London: P. Vaillant, 1756, p. 85,[1] The jesting of his Fool wholly turns upon his unkinging himself and retaining nothing, which Lear minutely attends to, (archaic) To deprive (a king) of his royal qualities. 1677, Charles Davenant, Circe, London: Richard Tonson, Act III, Scene 6, p. 31,[2] My swelling rage, in privacy I’le shrowd, And not un-King my self before the Crowd. (archaic, figuratively) To remove (something) from a position of power or paramount importance. ==== Coordinate terms ==== unqueen === Anagrams === nuking