displace

[dis·place]

When you displace something, you move it to a new position either in a concrete sense, like moving a chair, or in an abstract sense, like firing someone from a job.

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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.

Verb
put out of its usual place, position, or relationship; "The colonists displaced the natives"

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remove or force from a position of dwelling previously occupied; "The new employee dislodged her by moving into her office space"

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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"

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force to move; "the refugees were displaced by the war"

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take the place of

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move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment; "The war uprooted many people"

v. t.
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.

v. t.
To crowd out; to take the place of.

v. t.
To remove from a state, office, dignity, or employment; to discharge; to depose; as, to displace an officer of the revenue.

v. t.
To dislodge; to drive away; to banish.

Displace

Dis*place" , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Displaced ; p. pr. & vb. n. Displacing.] [Pref. dis- + place: cf. F. d'82placer.] 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.

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.

Syn. -- To disarrange; derange; dismiss; discard.

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.

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Usage Examples

Activist government overreach and ongoing economic stagnation have shown us why Washington should not try to displace what is best left to civil society.

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Other Usage Examples

Our goal is to displace the entrenched powers in Washington, restore the rightful balance between the state and federal government.

For infrastructure technology, C will be hard to displace.