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Displace

Displace Meaning & Definition
Displace Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Displace?

[v] put out of its usual place, position, or relationship; "The colonists displaced the natives"
[v] remove or force from a position of dwelling previously occupied; "The new employee dislodged her by moving into her office space"
[v] cause to move, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant"
[v] force to move; "the refugees were displaced by the war"
[v] take the place of
[v] move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment; "The war uprooted many people"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Displace: bump | deracinate | dislocate | dislodge | move | uproot

Related Terms | Find terms related to Displace: act for | attend | banish | boot | bounce | break | bump | bust | can | carry away | carry off | cart away | cashier | change places with | come after | crowd out | cut out | deconsecrate | defrock | degrade | delocalize | demote | deplume | deport | depose | deprive | dethrone | disarrange | disarticulate | disbar | discharge | discrown | disemploy | disenthrone | disjoint | dislocate | dislodge | dismiss | disorder | displume | disturb | double for | drum out | eject | emanate | ensue | evict | excommunicate | exile | expatriate | expel | fill in for | fire | follow after | follow up | furlough | ghost | ghostwrite | give the ax | give the gate | go after | issue | kick | kick out | kick upstairs | lay aside | lay off | let go | let out | liquidate | luxate | make redundant | manhandle | misplace | move | oust | overtake | overthrow | pension | pension off | pinch-hit | purge | put aside | read out of | release | relegate | relieve | relocate | remove | remove from office | replace | represent | result | retire | sack | send | separate forcibly | set aside | shift | shunt | side | spell | spell off | stand in for | strip | strip of office | strip of rank | subrogate | substitute for | succeed | superannuate | supersede | supervene | supplant | surplus | suspend | swap places with | take away | throw out | track | trail | transfer | transport | turn off | turn out | unchurch | uncrown | understudy for | unfrock | unhinge | unjoint | unmake | unsaddle | unseat | unsettle | unthrone | usurp

See Also | advance | agitate | base | beat | blow | boot out | boot out | bowl over | brandish | bring down | bring forward | bring outside | bring up | bump around | carry | center | centre | change hands | channel | channelise | channelize | chase away | chuck out | chuck out | circulate | commove | crowd | crowd out | dandle | depress | deracinate | direct | disarrange | disgorge | dislocate | dislodge | dispel | displace | distribute | disturb | disunite | divide | drag | draw | drive | drive away | drive off | drive out | drop | eject | eject | elevate | engage | evacuate | exclude | exclude | expel | expel | exteriorize | extirpate | flap | flick | flourish | fluctuate | force | force out | funnel | get down | get up | glide | herd | hustle | impel | jar | kick out | kick out | knock over | lateralize | launch | lay | let down | lift | lock | lower | luxate | mesh | mobilise | mobilize | operate | overturn | part | pass around | pass on | place | place | play | pose | position | post | pour | press down | propel | pull | pulse | pump | push | put | race | raise | raise up | rake | relocate | reposition | resettle | riffle | rock | roll | root out | rouse | rout out | ruffle | run | run off | rush | saltate | scan | send | separate | set | set in motion | shake up | shed | shift | ship | singsong | sink | slide | slip | slop | spill | splatter | splay | squeeze | station | stir | stir up | sway | swing | take back | take down | throw | throw out | throw out | tip over | transfer | translate | transmit | transplant | transport | tug | turf out | turf out | turn | turn back | turn out | turn out | turn over | twine | unroll | unseat | unwind | uproot | upset | upstage | vex | wash | wave | wedge | whistle | whoosh | wind | wind off | work | wrap

Displace In Webster's Dictionary

\Dis*place"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Displaced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Displacing}.] [Pref. dis- + place: cf. F. d['e]placer.] 1. To change the place of; to remove from the usual or proper place; to put out of place; to place in another situation; as, the books in the library are all displaced. 2. To crowd out; to take the place of. Holland displaced Portugal as the mistress of those seas. --London Times. 3. To remove from a state, office, dignity, or employment; to discharge; to depose; as, to displace an officer of the revenue. 4. To dislodge; to drive away; to banish. [Obs.] You have displaced the mirth. --Shak. Syn: To disarrange; derange; dismiss; discard.

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