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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)
Other Word Forms
- displaceable adjective
- predisplace verb (used with object)
- undisplaceable adjective
- 徱ˈ noun
- 徱ˈ adjective
Word History and Origins
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Example Sentences
Critics see the GHF as enabling a plan by the Israeli government to displace Palestinians south into smaller areas of Gaza.
The government, in partnership with international organisations, is working on a new sewage system, but its implementation may require demolishing existing buildings - a controversial move that could displace residents and businesses.
His administration's cuts to UN aid agencies, and his dismantling of the American aid agency USAID, have also deepened the suffering of displaced and marginalised people in many regions and exacerbates tensions.
"He is culturally displaced and alienated," she said.
In George C. Wolfe’s revival, the character is a Black woman struggling not just with her frustrated dreams of stardom displaced onto her children but with the injustice of history itself.
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