displace

tr.v., -placed, -plac·ing, -plac·es.

1. To move or shift from the usual place or position, especially to force to leave a homeland: millions of refugees who were displaced by the war.
2. To take the place of; supplant.
3. To discharge from an office or position.

displaceable dis·place'a·ble adj.
displacer dis·plac'er n.

verb

1. To alter the settled state or position of: dislocate, disturb, move, shake, shift. See move/halt.
2. To take the place of (another) against the other's will: cut out, supplant. See substitute.

v

Definition: depose
Antonyms: reinstate

v

Definition: move, remove from normal place
Antonyms: leave, put back, replace

v

Definition: remove from position of responsibility
Antonyms: leave

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The verb has 6 meanings:

Meaning #1: take the place of

Meaning #2: force to move
  Synonym: force out

Meaning #3: move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment
  Synonyms: uproot, deracinate

Meaning #4: cause to move, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense
  Synonym: move

Meaning #5: remove or force from a position of dwelling previously occupied
  Synonyms: dislodge, bump

Meaning #6: put out of its usual place, position, or relationship
  Synonym: dislocate

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - flytte, forskyde, afsætte, erstatte, fordrive

idioms:

• displaced person    fordrevet person, flygtning

Nederlands (Dutch)
verplaatsen, vervangen

Français (French)
v. tr. - déplacer, changer de place, destituer, supplanter, remplacer, (Naut, Phys) déplacer

idioms:

• displaced person    personne déplacée, réfugié

Deutsch (German)
v. - umräumen, vertreiben, verdrängen, ersetzen

idioms:

• displaced person    Vertriebener, Flüchtling

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - εκτοπίζω, μετακινώ, μετατοπίζω, αντικαθιστώ, υποκαθιστώ

idioms:

• displaced person    πρόσφυγας πολέμου, εκτοπισμένος

Italiano (Italian)
spostare

idioms:

• displaced person    profugo

Português (Portuguese)
v. - deslocar, demitir

idioms:

• displaced person    deslocado de guerra

Русский (Russian)
класть не на свое место, вытеснить, заменять

idioms:

• displaced person    перемещенное лицо

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - desplazar, destituir, reemplazar

idioms:

• displaced person    desplazado, expatriado

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - flytta, rubba (saker ur dess läge), ersätta, polit. tvångsförflytta

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
移置, 取代, 转移

idioms:

• displaced person    难民

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 移置, 取代, 轉移

idioms:

• displaced person    難民

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 파면하다, 강제 추방하다, (자동차가) ~의 배기량을 가지다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - はずす, 置き換える, 解職する, 退去させる, 排水量が…である, 取って代わる, 移動する, 免職する, 排水する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يحل مكان, يستبدل ( شيئا بآخر), إزاحه شخص أو شئ من مكانه الطبيعي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮גירש, דחק, נקע (עצם), עקר, הזיז, תפס מקומו‬

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