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Displace

[v] put out of its usual place, position, or relationship; "The colonists displaced the natives"
[v] remove or force from a position of dwelling previously occupied; "The new employee dislodged her by moving into her office space"
[v] 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"
[v] force to move; "the refugees were displaced by the war"
[v] take the place of
[v] move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment; "The war uprooted many people"


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