displace

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   cause to move, usually with force or pressure

   the refugees were displaced by the war

2. 2
   verb

   To move something, or someone, especially to forcibly move people from their homeland.

   Manipur: Thousands displaced as ethnic clashes grip north-eastern state

3. 3
   verb

   To replace, on account of being superior to or more suitable than that which is being replaced.

   Electronic calculators soon displaced the older mechanical kind.

4. 4
   verb

   To repress.

   Freud considered shyness to be evidence of displaced narcissism.

5. 5
   verb

   cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense

6. 6
   verb

   terminate the employment of

7. 7
   verb

   take the place of or have precedence over

8. 8
   verb

   To put out of place; to disarrange.

Etymology

From Middle French desplacer (French: déplacer).