DISPLACE
Definition:
- [verb] take the place of
- [verb] force to move; "the refugees were displaced by the war"
Synonyms: force out
- [verb] move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment; "The war uprooted many people"
Synonyms: uproot, deracinate
- [verb] 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"
Synonyms: move
- [verb] remove or force from a position of dwelling previously occupied; "The new employee dislodged her by moving into her office space"
Synonyms: dislodge, bump
- [verb] put out of its usual place, position, or relationship; "The colonists displaced the natives"
Synonyms: dislocate
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Related Words:
- transplant, transfer
- crowd out
- evacuate
- mobilize, mobilise, circulate
- relocate
- dislocate, luxate, splay, slip
- translate
- station, post, base, send, place
- agitate, vex, disturb, commove, shake up, stir up, raise up
- transmit, transfer, transport, channel, channelize, channelise
- funnel
- brandish, flourish, wave
- pull, draw, force
- transport, carry
- tug
- disarrange
- expel, eject, chuck out, exclude, throw out, kick out, turf out, boot out, turn out
- put, set, place, pose, position, lay
- engage, mesh, lock, operate
- propel, impel
- launch, set in motion
- wind, wrap, roll, twine
- unwind, wind off, unroll
- wedge, squeeze, force
- work
- spill, shed, disgorge
- spill, slop, splatter
- unseat
- separate, disunite, divide, part
- uproot, extirpate, deracinate, root out
- press down, depress
- lift
- flick, ruffle, riffle
- work
- take back
- center, centre
- pump
- scan
- jar, shake up, bump around
- dandle
- roll, revolve
- push, force
- rock, sway
- fluctuate
- pulse
- shift, dislodge, reposition
- glide
- stir
- play
- overturn, tip over, turn over, upset, knock over, bowl over, tump over
- transport, send, ship
- send, direct
- transport
- saltate
- lower, take down, let down, get down, bring down
- lift, raise
- raise, lift, elevate, get up, bring up
- drop
- sink
- advance, bring forward
- chase away, drive out, turn back, drive away, dispel, drive off, run off
- transfer, shift
- displace, force out
- herd, crowd
- circulate
- circulate, pass around, pass on, distribute
- rout out, drive out, force out, rouse
- drive
- race, rush
- whoosh
- pour
- exteriorize, bring outside
- upstage
- swing
- turn, turn over
- turn
- turn
- slide
- run
- whistle
- beat, flap
- singsong
- hustle
- wash
- rake
- blow
- drag
- pull
- lateralize
- translate
- hit, strike
- change hands
- transfer
- expel, throw out, kick out
- throw
