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To displace is defined as to force something to move, to move from a usual place, or to replace.

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An example of displace is to have a terrible storm cause flooding that makes people need to move to different homes.
An example of displace is to take a trophy off of its place on the mantle.
An example of displace is to hire a new sports director before letting the original director go.

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See displace in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb displaced, displacing

to move from its usual or proper place
to remove from office; discharge
to take the place of; supplant or replace (a person or thing that one is the cause of or occasion for removing, pushing aside, etc.): a ship displaces a certain amount of water, factory workers that have been displaced by machines

Origin: OFr desplacer: see dis- & place

See displace in American Heritage Dictionary 4

transitive verb dis·placed, dis·plac·ing, dis·plac·es

To move or shift from the usual place or position, especially to force to leave a homeland: millions of refugees who were displaced by the war.
To take the place of; supplant.
To discharge from an office or position.

Related Forms:

dis·placeˈa·ble adjective

dis·placˈer noun

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