displace

v. move from its usual place; remove from office; oust, replace, take the place of

Displacement may refer to:Displacement (vector), in Newtonian mechanics, specifies the position of a point in reference to an origin or to a previous positionParticle displacement, a measurement of distance of the movement of a particle in a medium as it transmits a waveDisplacement field (mechanics), an assignment of displacement vectors for all points in a body that is displaced from one state to anotherElectric displacement field, as appears in Maxwell's equationsEngine displacement, the total volume of air/fuel mixture an engine can draw in during one complete engine cycleDisplacement (fencing), a movement that avoids or dodges an attackDisplacement (fluid), an object immersed in a fluid pushes it out of the way. Ship measurement Displacement hull, where the moving hull's weight is supported by buoyancy alone and it must displace water from its path rather than planing on the water's surfaceDisplacement speed, a rule of thumb for non planing watercraft to estimate their theoretical maximum speedForced migration, by persecution or violenceDisplacement (psychology), a sub-conscious defense mechanismDisplacement (psiology, parapsychology, psychical science), a statistical or qualitative correspondence between targets and responsesSingle or double displacement reaction, a chemical reaction concerning the exchange of ionsDisplacement (orthopedic surgery), change in alignment of the fracture fragmentsEarth Crustal Displacement, also known as "Pole shift"
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Verb
1. take the place of
(hypernym) move
(derivation) supplanting, displacement
2. force to move; "the refugees were displaced by the war"
(synonym) force out
(hypernym) move
(hyponym) transplant, transfer
3. move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment; "The war uprooted many people"
(synonym) uproot, deracinate
(hypernym) place
4. cause to move, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant"
(synonym) move
(hyponym) mobilize, mobilise, circulate
(cause) move
(verb-group) travel, go, move, locomote
5. remove or force from a position of dwelling previously occupied; "The new employee dislodged her by moving into her office space"
(synonym) dislodge, bump
(hypernym) expel, eject, chuck out, exclude, throw out, kick out, turf out, boot out, turn out
(hyponym) throw
6. put out of its usual place, position, or relationship; "The colonists displaced the natives"
(synonym) dislocate
(hypernym) resettle
(derivation) displacement, deracination

(v. t.)
To remove from a state, office, dignity, or employment; to discharge; to depose; as, to displace an officer of the revenue.
  

(v. t.)
To dislodge; to drive away; to banish.
  

(v. t.)
To crowd out; to take the place of.
  

(v. t.)
To change the place of; to remove from the usual or proper place; to put out of place; to place in another situation; as, the books in the library are all displaced.
  

(cu dat.) = to displease (to)
to fail to please
(cu ac.) to be displeasing (to)