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Meaning of decrown | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B1
/diːˈkɹaʊn/

Definitions

  1. To deprive of a crown; to discrown.
    transitive
  2. To decoronate (a tooth).
    transitive
  3. To remove the crown of a pineapple, strawberry, etc.
    transitive
  4. To deprive of supremacy or exaltedness.
    figuratively, transitive

Examples

“the Popes […] authority to decrowne Kings”
“Laughter for laughter's sake and the allied mocking of social values and decrowning of all dogmatic forms of authority this entails.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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