unking means to remove (a king) from power. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 86 out of 100.
Why “unking” is a great word
To remove a king from power or to deprive someone or something of a paramount position. From the English prefix *un-* (expressing reversal or deprivation) affixed to *king* (a male monarch), it was first attested in the mid-1500s. Unlike 'dethrone,' which specifies removal from a physical and symbolic seat, or 'depose,' a general term for ousting from office, to unking is to strip away the very title, role, and essence of kingship itself. It is the parliament voting to abolish the monarchy, the ceremonial removal of a crown from a bowed head, and the quiet, internal moment a man feels the last shred of his own sovereignty dissolve—a reversal so profound it leaves only the echo of where power once sat.
Etymology
From un- + king.
verb
- To remove (a king) from power.“God save King Harry, unking’d Richard says,
And send him many years of sunshine days!”
- To deprive (a king) of his royal qualities.“But if a Prince shall deign to be familiar and to converse with those upon whom he might trample, shall His condescension therefore Unking Him? And His familiarity rob Him of His Royalty?”
- To remove (something) from a position of power or paramount importance.“—Oh ’tis well y’are come,
there was within me fresh Rebellion,
and reason was almost unking’d agen.”