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Definition

force to move; or to take the place of

It is a much better way to manufacture the product, but many workers will be displaced by the new technology.

displaced = forced to move (in this case, out of their old jobs)

displaced = forced to move

displaced = forced to move

displaces = forces to move

The colonists displaced the natives
Time itself seemed to have grown dull and old, as if no day were ever to displace the melancholy night.
Charles Dickens -- The Old Curiosity Shop
Disgust had been displaced by wrath, and her mood was clearly vengeful.
Jack London -- Adventure
...a maidservant who displaces her mistress.
Proverbs 30:23 (NIV)
Within the wall thus exposed by the displacing of the bones, we...
Edgar Allan Poe -- The Cask of Amontillado

displacing = moving

displacing = taking the place of

For Tuck's head tilted to one side, his eyes went soft, and the gentlest smile in the world displaced the melancholy creases of his cheeks.
Natalie Babbitt -- Tuck Everlasting

displaced = took the place of

The zipper displaces the button and a man lacks just that much time to think while dressing at dawn, a philosophical hour, and thus a melancholy hour.
Ray Bradbury -- Fahrenheit 451

displaces = takes the place of

displaced = taken each other's places

The obvious suggestions have been made—displace, transmute, dissemble.
Ian McEwan -- Atonement
He can almost feel the diamond-shafts of green pushing upward, displacing the wet, trampled earth.
Judith Guest -- Ordinary People
It's about displaced persons.
Saul Bellow -- The Adventures of Augie March
A crowd is gathering, mostly made up of displaced Benzini Brothers roustabouts.
Sara Gruen -- Water for Elephants
The impact sent shockwaves of displaced air reverberating throughout the room.
Frank Beddor -- The Looking Glass Wars
The leaves of the sacred book were scattered on the ground, and even a fragment of the shelf had been displaced by the kidnapper in his agony.
James Fenimore Cooper -- The Prairie
So each of my cases displaces the last, and Mlle.
Arthur Conan Doyle -- The Hound of the Baskervilles

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