dis ‧ place AC /dɪsˈpleɪs/ BrE AmE verb [transitive]
[ Word Family: noun : ↑ place , ↑ placement , ↑ placing , ↑ displacement , ↑ replacement ; verb : ↑ place , ↑ displace , ↑ misplace , ↑ replace ; adjective : ↑ displaced , ↑ misplaced , ↑ replaceable ]
[ Word Family: verb : ↑ displace ; noun : ↑ displacement ; adjective : ↑ displaced ]
1 . to take the place or position of something or someone SYN replace :
Coal has been displaced by natural gas as a major source of energy.
immigrants who displace US workers in the job market
2 . to make a group of people or animals have to leave the place where they normally live:
Fifty thousand people have been displaced by the fighting.
3 . to force something out of its usual place or position:
The water displaced by the landslides created a tidal wave.
—displaced adjective