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displaced
[ dis-pleyst ]
adjective
- lacking a home, country, etc.
- moved or put out of the usual or proper place.
noun
- Usually the displaced. persons who lack a home, as through political exile, destruction of their previous shelter, or lack of financial resources:
After the earthquake, the displaced were temporarily housed in armories.
Other Word Forms
- ܲ·徱· adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of displaced1
Example Sentences
Another four people were said to have been killed in strikes on tents housing displaced people in the southern al-Mawasi area, near the city of Khan Younis.
“This has been the coolest thing ever,” senior pitcher Ian Sullivan said, one of more than a dozen players in the program whose family was displaced by the fires.
The fighting has reportedly left more than 150,000 people dead and triggered a humanitarian disaster, with 4.8 million people displaced and 19.5 million - half of the population - in need of some form of aid.
When we spoke she was back in a displaced people's camp, grieving.
Sudanese people are eating leaves and charcoal to survive after fleeing an attack on a camp for displaced people near the city of el-Fasher, an aid agency has told the BBC.
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