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Meaning of displace


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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  displace
      v 1: cause to move, usually with force or pressure; "the
           refugees were displaced by the war"
      2: take the place of or have precedence over; "live broadcast of
         the presidential debate preempts the regular news hour";
         "discussion of the emergency situation will preempt the
         lecture by the professor" [syn: {preempt}, {displace}]
      3: terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or
         position; "The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company
         terminated 25% of its workers" [syn: {displace}, {fire},
         {give notice}, {can}, {dismiss}, {give the axe}, {send away},
         {sack}, {force out}, {give the sack}, {terminate}] [ant:
         {employ}, {engage}, {hire}]
      4: cause to move or shift into a new position or place, 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" [syn: {move}, {displace}]


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