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   displace

   /dɪsˈpleɪs/

   verb

   • 1. take over the place, position, or role of: "he believes that books may be displaced by the electronic word" Similar replacetake the place oftake over fromsupplantoustsupersedesucceedoverrideinformal:crowd out
   • ▪ move (something) from its proper or usual position: "he seems to have displaced some vertebrae" Similar dislodgedislocateupsetunsettlemoveshiftrelocaterepositionput out of placemove out of placeknock out of placeknock out of positiondisarrangederangediscomposemess updisorderthrow into disorderthrow into disarrayscatterdisperseOpposite replaceput backleave in place
   • ▪ force (someone) to leave their home, typically because of war, persecution, or natural disaster: "thousands of people have been displaced by the civil war"
   • ▪ remove (someone) from a job or position of authority: "his aides were discredited and displaced" Similar deposedislodgeunseatdethroneremove from officeremovedismissejectoustexpelforce outthrow outdrive outdrum outoverthrowoverturntopplebring downinformal:sackfireboot outdefenestrategive someone the bootshow someone the doorturf outcashierdated:outOpposite reinstate

   Word Origin mid 16th century: from Old French desplacer.

   Derivatives

   • 1. displacer noun

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