Thesaurus: displace

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1. v. t. To change the place of; to remove from the usual or proper place; to put out of place; to place in another situation; as, the books in the library are all displaced.
2. v. t. To crowd out; to take the place of.
3. v. t. To remove from a state, office, dignity, or employment; to discharge; to depose; as, to displace an officer of the revenue.
4. v. t. To dislodge; to drive away; to banish.
5. v. cause to move, usually with force or pressure
6. v. take the place of or have precedence over
7. v. terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position
8. v. cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense
9. 1. To change the place of; to remove from the usual or proper place; to put out of place; to place in another situation; as, the books in the library are all displaced. 2. To crowd out; to take the place of. Holland displaced Portugal as the mistress of those seas. London Times. 3. To remove from a state, office, dignity, or employment; to discharge; to depose; as, to displace an officer of the revenue. 4. To dislodge; to drive away; to banish. [Obs.] You have displaced the mirth. Shak. Syn. -- To disarrange; derange; dismiss; discard.
10. v:100 v. cause to move, usually with force or pressure v. terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position