(v. t.) To open the seam or seams of; to rip; to cut; to cut open.
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Unseat
Definition:
(v. t.) To throw from one's seat; to deprive of a seat.
(v. t.) Specifically, to deprive of the right to sit in a legislative body, as for fraud in election.
Example Sentences:
(1) James, who is an MEP for south-east England, was responsible for one of Ukip’s great near-misses, coming within 2,000 votes of unseating the Lib Dems at the Eastleigh by-election in 2013 in a result that shocked political observers.
(2) She has beaten Jeremy Hunt in the courts but Dr Louise Irvine is now determined to unseat the health secretary at the ballot box.
(3) As early as last winter Israelis were privately talking about messages from the new military authorities in Egypt to the effect that now was the best time to attack Gaza and unseat Hamas .
(4) Despite his bullish defiance over the weekend following his re-election – blaming US investigators and the British media for trying to unseat him – Blatter cut a diminished figure following a day of speculation over the fate of his right-hand man Valcke.
(5) As the aftershock spread through French political circles, François Hollande, who unseated Sarkozy as president after just one term in office in 2012, cautioned that the "independence of the justice system" and the "presumption of innocence" must prevail.
(6) The April sun beats down as hundreds of supporters wait at a west side church to hear Jesús “Chuy” García, the county commissioner and former legislator who is looking to unseat Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel .
(7) Earlier foolish talk about a rapid attempt to unseat him has evaporated.
(8) China has become increasingly diligent about quashing critical voices, apparently fearful that they could spark protests like those that unseated autocrats in Egypt, Tunisia and Libya last year.
(9) The government will file a lawsuit seeking to unseat Lau Siu-lai, Nathan Law, Edward Yiu and Leung Kwok-hung by declaring their oaths of office invalid, local media reported .
(10) That is a resounding rebuke for Berlusconi -- whose efforts to unseat Letta appear to have turned sour.
(11) Based more on disappointment in McConnell than Bevin's promise (or crazy talk), his otherwise quixotic campaign (unseating a five-term minority leader) has gotten national attention and support from the likes of the Senate Conservative Fund (early backers of Cruz and Lee, as well as Cotton) and Palin.
(12) Nigeria’s election winner, Muhammadu Buhari, congratulated the outgoing president, Goodluck Jonathan , for peacefully relinquishing power on Wednesday, a day after becoming the first Nigerian politician to unseat a sitting leader at the ballot box.
(13) Its “Jasmine revolution” in 2011 unseated a corrupt dictator relatively peacefully and ushered in a transition to democratic elections and habits.
(14) As the move to unseat Abbott grew – with deep underlying grievances brought to the surface by his widely ridiculed decision to grant Prince Philip a knighthood – the prime minister ditched the government’s commitment to continuing budget cuts but apparently changed his position on a major defence acquisition to win votes in the shipbuilding state of South Australia.
(15) There is concern among Corbyn supporters that a poor showing in elections in May could lead to attempts to unseat him.
(16) I am not going to tread on private (and public) grief in the case of Miliband, other than to say that, when saddled with a leader they regard as a loser, the Tories traditionally have no scruples in unseating the incumbent.
(17) When Mhairi Black , the 20-year-old student who unseated Douglas Alexander, made her victory speech, she denounced austerity, the bedroom tax and Trident.
(18) But because we don’t have any option most probably people will elect the ruling party.” The formerly rebel EPRDF, a coalition of four regional parties, came to power in 1991 by unseating a military regime.
(19) The Ukip success in Lincolnshire saw the party's Richard Fairman unseat Eddy Poll, the Tory deputy leader in Spalding.
(20) The apparent rationale is that abrasion should unseat comedones and deter their formation.