Can and Usurp

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Can verb - To let go from office, service, or employment.

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Usurp and can are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Usurp" instead a verb "Can".

Usurp verb - To take or make use of under a guise of authority but without actual right.

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Can and usurp are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Can" instead a verb "Usurp".

Nearby Words: usurpation, usurper, usurping

Can she manage to hold onto her title as Lady Tremaine, Ursula and Courtney Gears try to usurp her throne with the Evil Queen's backup?

Source: Pantheon / Trope Pantheons
Everyone in the Seer hierarchy is looking to usurp their superiors, often by proving that they can do a better job than the superior is currently doing.

Source: Kicked Upstairs
Deimos unleashes a Zombie Apocalypse on humanity so he can have an army to kill Dolos and usurp Malum.

Source: Cosmic Horror Story

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