displace
(verb)
verb
1. cause to move, usually with force or pressure
- the refugees were displaced by the war
Definition categories: motion, displace, move
2. take the place of or have precedence over
Similar word(s): preempt
Definition categories: social, replace, supersede, supplant
3. terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position
Similar word(s): can, dismiss, fire, sack, terminate
Definition categories: social, remove
4. cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense
Similar word(s): move
Definition categories: motion