displace

Verbs

  • (v) cause to move, usually with force or pressure
    • the refugees were displaced by the war
  • (v) take the place of or have precedence over
    • live broadcast of the presidential debate preempts the regular news hour
    • discussion of the emergency situation will preempt the lecture by the professor
    preempt,
  • (v) terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position
    • The boss fired his secretary today
    • The company terminated 25% of its workers
    give notice, give the axe, give the sack, can, force out, sack, send away, dismiss, fire, terminate,
  • (v) cause to move or shift into a new position or place, 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
    move,

Synonyms

preempt give notice give the axe give the sack can force out sack send away dismiss fire terminate move

Antonyms

hire employ engage

Words of close approximity

display
displaced fracture displaced person displacement displacement reaction displacement unit