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supplant
[ suh-plant, -plahnt ]
verb (used with object)
- to take the place of (another), as through force, scheming, strategy, or the like.
Synonyms: ,
- to replace (one thing) by something else.
supplant
/ ˌsʌplɑːnˈteɪʃən; səˈplɑːnt /
verb
- tr to take the place of, often by trickery or force
he easily supplanted his rival
Derived Forms
- supplantation, noun
- ܱˈԳٱ, noun
Other 51Թ Forms
- ܱ··ٲ·پDz [suhp-l, uh, n-, tey, -sh, uh, n], noun
- ܱ·Գ· noun
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of supplant1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Now, the area is instead home to the amenities that supplanted Chicago’s first socially complex, intentionally provocative, and culturally essential queer-accomodating neighborhood.
So maybe there is hope for the AL West, which supplanted the Central as the worst division in baseball.
He’s uninterested in the book’s driving point: Paul’s struggle to make sense of a world where petty rules have supplanted community and common sense.
The photo-op had supplanted policy as the sine qua non of political discourse.
Who wouldn’t want to live in a world where power hasn’t supplanted justice, and mistakes, rather than defining you, provide an opportunity to learn and grow?
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