avsätta — meaning in English

English meaning

• allocate verb To set aside or assign something for a particular purpose.
• depose verb To remove someone, especially a ruler or leader, from power.

Senses

avsätta is used for these senses in English:

• allocate To set aside for a purpose.
• depose (transitive) To remove (a leader) from (high) office without killing (them).
• dethrone To remove any governing authority from power.

allocate — full definition

1. verb To set aside or assign something for a particular purpose.
2. verb In computing, to reserve a block of memory for a program to use.

depose — full definition

1. verb To remove someone, especially a ruler or leader, from power.
2. verb To give sworn testimony, or to formally question someone under oath, especially in a legal case.

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