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displace
dis·place [ diss pláyss ] (past and past participle dis·placed, present participle dis·plac·ing, 3rd person present singular dis·plac·es)


transitive verb 
Definition:
 
1. move something from usual place: to move something from its usual or correct place
2. force somebody to leave home: to force somebody to leave his or her home or country, e.g. because of war
3. remove somebody from post: to discharge or remove somebody from an office, position, or job
4. replace somebody or something: to take the place of somebody or something
5. chemistry take place of atom: to take the place of another atom or group in a compound
6. physics replace fluid with object: to replace a volume of fluid with a floating or submerged object, forcing the original fluid to move elsewhere

dis·place·a·ble adjective
dis·plac·er noun
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