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displaced

[ dis-pleyst ]

adjective

  1. lacking a home, country, etc.
  2. moved or put out of the usual or proper place.


noun

(used with a plural verb)
  1. 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.

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Other Word Forms

  • ܲ·徱· adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of displaced1

First recorded in 1565–75; displace + -ed 2
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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.

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“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.

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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.

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When we spoke she was back in a displaced people's camp, grieving.

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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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