displace
IPA: dɪspɫˈeɪs
verb
- To put out of place; to disarrange.
- To move something, or someone, especially to forcibly move people from their homeland.
- To supplant, or take the place of something or someone; to substitute.
- To replace, on account of being superior to or more suitable than that which is being replaced.
- (of a floating ship) To have a weight equal to that of the water displaced.
- (psychology) To repress.
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Examples of "displace" in Sentences
- The ethanol displaces the dissolved air.
- They displaced the worker with the other one.
- The announcement displaced the shock with joy.
- They displaced the boss with another authority.
- The plight of the displaced persons was pathetic.
- Distance is the absolute value of the displacement.
- It is the displacement of the upper femoral epiphysis.
- Displacement is the actual total weight of the vessel.
- The displacement of the ship is of secondary importance.
- The results of the calculations are the interval displacements.
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