What does displace mean in English?

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displace Meaning, Definition, Pronunciation, Grammar & Synonyms❤️

0 to force something out of its usual or original position:
- The blow displaced the woman's eardrum and left her partially deaf.
- The building of a new dam will displace thousands of people who live in this area.
- Contemporary technoscience has largely displaced these early thermodynamic principles.
- The next step, the union fears, is for contractors to start fitting parts onto planes on the line, displacing well-paid workers.
1 to force something or someone out of its usual or original place:
- A major government offensive against rebel groups threatens to displace large numbers of people.

Spotted knapweed releases a chemical that leaves the soil toxic to the native plants it displaces.
Drier continental air displaced the moist, cloud-choked air over Britain.
Head stones had been knocked over and soil displaced.
There was another wave of violence in which six persons were killed and almost 5,000 were displaced.
Millions of people who were displaced will need shelter, food and clothing.
For workers displaced by overseas competition, the federal program pays for up to two years of school.
Given sufficient processing time, would the postverbal noun be successful in displacing the filler as theme, regardless of its plausibility?
The remainder is given over to a single tonic butterfly in which the second note is displaced downwards by two octaves.