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Verb displace has 6 senses
- displace - take the place of
--1 is one way to move
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something
- displace, force out - force to move; "the refugees were displaced by the war"
--2 is one way to move, displace
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
- displace, uproot, deracinate - move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment; "The war uprooted many people"
--3 is one way to place
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
- move, displace - 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"
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
- dislodge, displace, bump - remove or force from a position of dwelling previously occupied; "The new employee dislodged her by moving into her office space"
--5 is one way to expel, eject, chuck out, exclude, throw out, kick out, turf out, boot out, turn out
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
- dislocate, displace - put out of its usual place, position, or relationship; "The colonists displaced the natives"
--6 is one way to resettle
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
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