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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)
Derived Forms
- 徱ˈ, noun
- 徱ˈ, adjective
Other 51Թ Forms
- 徱·a· adjective
- d· verb (used with object) predisplaced predisplacing
- un徱·a· adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Synonym Study
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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