displace  

Thesaurus for displace

• verb
  • synonyms
    • displace, preempt, force out, move, boot out, bump, chuck out, deracinate, dislocate, dislodge, eject, exclude, expel, kick out, place, replace, resettle, supercede, supersede, supervene upon, supplant, throw out, turf out, turn out, uproot  

Pronunciation of displace: D IH0 S P L EY1 S (dɪs'pleɪs)

Number of syllables of displace: 2

Definition of displace

• (v): put out of its usual place, position, or relationship; "The colonists displaced the natives"  
• (v): remove or force from a position of dwelling previously occupied; "The new employee dislodged her by moving into her office space"  
• (v): cause to move, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I''m moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant"  
• (v): force to move; "the refugees were displaced by the war"  
• (v): take the place of  
• (v): move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment; "The war uprooted many people"  

Examples of displace

• The stem moves within the well to displace mercury through the capillary.  
• Disclosure may also displace the problem.  
• Then you will be able to displace the usurious money lender.  
• The complex is treated to displace the styrene from the complex.  
• The gametocytes may distort the cell or displace the nucleus.  
• They were not supposed to displace the ones with the article.  
• Faults cut across and displace the rock layers.  
• The number of features to displace.  
• Then you will be able to displace the usurious money lender.  
• The ship was designed to displace.