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displace
[ dis-pleys ]
verb (used with object)
- to compel (a person or persons) to leave home, country, etc.
- to move or put out of the usual or proper place.
Synonyms:
- to take the place of; replace; supplant:
Fiction displaces fact.
- to remove from a position, office, or dignity.
Synonyms: , ,
- Obsolete. to rid oneself of.
displace
/ ɪˈɪ /
verb
- to move from the usual or correct location
- to remove from office or employment
- to occupy the place of; replace; supplant
- to force (someone) to leave home or country, as during a war
- chem to replace (an atom or group in a chemical compound) by another atom or group
- physics to cause a displacement of (a quantity of liquid, usually water of a specified type and density)
Derived Forms
- 徱ˈ, noun
- 徱ˈ, adjective
Other 51Թ Forms
- 徱·a· adjective
- d· verb (used with object) predisplaced predisplacing
- un徱·a· adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Armiger added there was no definitive times for the displaced residents to return home due to the ongoing investigation and need to make buildings safe.
Her thoughts turn to looking after her own children, who have been displaced with her nine times in the past year and a half.
They gradually began to rebuild their lives at Zamzam, Sudan's biggest camp for internally displaced people.
That morning, 17 of Lam’s 19 students were present despite the fire having displaced 13 of them.
The authority had to find homes for hundreds of residents displaced by the fire in Grenfell Tower in June 2017, in which 72 people died and more than 70 were injured.
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