All 3 Uses of
displace
in
Fahrenheit 451
- 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.
p. 53..4displaces = takes the place of
- One anger displacing another.
p. 106..2 *displacing = taking the place of
- They had displaced each other.
p. 153..5displaced = taken each other's places
Definition:
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(displace) force to move; or to take the place of