Create
Usurp
Usurp verb - To take or make use of under a guise of authority but without actual right.
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However in the comic Aliens: Rogue, a Mad Scientist uses genetic engineering to create a tame "king" xenomorph even larger and heavier than the queen, whom he hopes will usurp the queens position and rid the world of the xenomorph threat forever.
Source: Large and in Charge -
Create Your Own Hero: Hades failed attempt to kill Hercules as a baby to guarantee his future plans to usurp Olympus won't fail ends up causing Hercules to become the very hero that ultimately defeats Hades in the end.
Source: Disney / Hercules
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