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Displace

//dɪsˈpleɪs// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To put out of place; to disarrange.
  2. 2
    cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense wordnet
  3. 3
    To move something, or someone, especially to forcibly move people from their homeland.

    "Manipur: Thousands displaced as ethnic clashes grip north-eastern state"

  4. 4
    cause to move, usually with force or pressure wordnet
  5. 5
    To supplant, or take the place of something or someone; to substitute.
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  1. 6
    terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position wordnet
  2. 7
    To replace, on account of being superior to or more suitable than that which is being replaced.

    "Electronic calculators soon displaced the older mechanical kind."

  3. 8
    take the place of or have precedence over wordnet
  4. 9
    To have a weight equal to that of the water displaced.
  5. 10
    To repress.

    "Freud considered shyness to be evidence of displaced narcissism."

Etymology

From Middle French desplacer (French: déplacer).

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