Definition

1. Verb:
   • To depose, to dethrone: To remove a monarch or ruler from power, often through formal or official action. This word carries a formal and historical connotation, typically used in the context of royalty, emperors, or high-ranking leaders.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Hội đồng quý tộc đã quyết định truất phế nhà vua. (The council of nobles decided to depose the king.)
  • Âm mưu truất phế hoàng đế đã bị phát hiện. (The plot to dethrone the emperor was discovered.)
  • Sau cuộc nổi dậy, vị quân chủ đã bị truất phế. (After the rebellion, the monarch was deposed.)

Advanced Usage

• "bị truất phế": to be deposed/dethroned (passive voice, emphasizing the ruler's loss of position).
  • Vị vua già bị truất phế và bị lưu đày. (The old king was deposed and exiled.)
• "hành động truất phế": the act of deposing.
  • Hành động truất phế đó đã thay đổi lịch sử đất nước. (That act of deposition changed the country's history.)

Variants and Related Words

• Phế truất (verb): A synonym with the same meaning and usage as "truất phế". The word order is interchangeable.
  • phế truất một vị vua (to depose a king)
• Truất (verb): To remove, to dismiss (from a position). This is a component of "truất phế" and can be used more broadly.
  • truất chức (to dismiss from a post)
• Phế (verb): To abolish, to discard, to depose. This is a component of "truất phế".
  • phế bỏ (to abolish)

Synonyms

• Lật đổ (verb): To overthrow. This can be used in both political and non-royal contexts and may imply a more forceful or revolutionary action.
• Cách chức (verb): To dismiss from office. This is a more general administrative term, not specific to royalty.

Related Phrases

• Cuộc truất phế: The deposition/dethronement.
  • Cuộc truất phế diễn ra một cách êm thấm. (The deposition took place peacefully.)

verb

1. to depose, to dethrone