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deposed
[ dih-pohzd ]
adjective
- removed from high office or position:
The musical was a political satire about a deposed king and queen forced to go incognito in their own country.
- Law. examined under oath, sometimes with the resulting statement taken down in writing and used in court in place of spoken testimony:
Only two of the deposed witnesses directly indicated personal knowledge of the alleged trip.
verb
- the simple past tense and past participle of depose ( def ).
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ³Ü²Ô·»å±ð·±è´Ç²õ±ð»å adjective
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of deposed1
Example Sentences
But he added it was "regrettable" that Siddiq had not been more alert to the "potential reputational risks" of the ties to her aunt Sheikh Hasina, the deposed prime minister of Bangladesh.
Last week, security forces launched an operation in the region, in response to a growing insurgency by fighters loyal to deposed president Bashar al-Assad - an Alawite whose regime was dominated by members of the sect.
This followed clashes between government forces and fighters loyal to the deposed President Bashar al-Assad, which left more than 70 dead.
UN human rights investigators accused the deposed government of a brutal response to mass opposition last year, in which they said up to 1,400 people had been killed, mostly by security forces.
Protesters in Bangladesh have vandalised and set fire to the former family home of deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, as well as those of other members of her party.
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