Displace

/dɪsˈpleɪs/

Meaning & Definition

verb

To remove from the usual or accustomed place.

The construction work will displace many families from their homes.

To take the place of; to supplant.

Digital downloads are beginning to displace physical media in the music industry.

To force (someone or something) to move from its usual location.

The floodwaters began to displace animals from their habitats.

In physics, to remove (a liquid) from a vessel by introducing another liquid.

Adding the new solution will displace the existing liquid in the container.

Middle English desplaicen, from Old French despla(IDCER), from Latin displacere.

displace one's fears

to confront or get rid of one's fears

displace the blame

to assign blame to someone other than the actual guilty party

replacement

the act of taking the place of another

eviction

the action of expelling someone from a property

dislocation

the act of displacing something or someone

to kick someone out

He was totally displaced from the party after that fight.

to take over a spot or position

She just displaced him in the lineup.