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displace
verb
1 displace
Cause to move, usually with force or pressure.
Roget 270:
transfer,
transmit,
transport,
transplace†,
transplant,
translocate;
convey,
carry,
bear,
fetch and carry;
carry over,
ferry over;
hand pass,
forward;
shift;
conduct,
convoy,
bring,
fetch,
reach;
tote [U.S.];
port,
import,
export.
send,
delegate,
consign,
relegate,
turn over to,
deliver;
ship,
embark;
waft;
shunt;
transpose
etc.
(interchange)
148;
displace
etc.
185;
throw
etc.
284;
drag
etc.
285;
mail,
post.
shovel,
ladle,
decant,
draft off,
transfuse,
infuse,
siphon.
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Roget 185:
displace,
misplace,
displant†,
dislodge,
disestablish;
exile
etc.
(seclude)
893;
ablegate†,
set aside,
remove;
take away,
cart away;
take off,
draft off;
lade
etc.
184.
unload,
empty
etc.
(eject)
297;
transfer
etc.
270;
dispel.
vacate;
depart
etc.
293.
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Roget 61:
derange;
disarrange,
misarrange†;
displace,
misplace;
mislay,
discompose,
disorder;
deorganize†,
discombobulate,
disorganize;
embroil,
unsettle,
disturb,
confuse,
trouble,
perturb,
jumble,
tumble;
shuffle,
randomize;
huddle,
muddle,
toss,
hustle,
fumble,
riot;
bring into disorder,
put into disorder,
throw into disorder
etc.
59;
muss [U.S.];
break the ranks,
disconcert,
convulse;
break in upon.
unhinge,
dislocate,
put out of joint,
throw out of gear.
turn topsy-turvy
etc.
(invert)
218;
bedevil;
complicate,
involve,
perplex,
confound;
imbrangle†,
embrangle†,
tangle,
entangle,
ravel,
tousle,
towzle†,
dishevel,
ruffle;
rumple
etc.
(fold)
258.
litter,
scatter;
mix
etc.
41.
rearrange
etc.
148.
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2 displace
Take the place of or have precedence over.
synonym: preempt.
3 displace
Terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position.
synonyms: can, dismiss, fire, force out, give notice, give the axe, give the sack, sack, send away, terminate.
Dutch: ontslaan, wippen
4 displace
Cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense.
synonym: move.
is a broader term that covers: mobilise, mobilize | relocate | dislocate, luxate, slip, splay | translate | place, post, send, station | agitate, commove, disturb, raise up, shake up, stir up, vex | channel, channelise, channelize, transfer, transmit, transport | funnel | brandish, flourish, wave | draw, pull | carry, transport | tug | disarrange | lay, place, pose, position, put, set | engage, lock, mesh, operate | impel, propel | launch, set in motion | roll, twine, wind, wrap | unroll, unwind, wind off | force, squeeze, wedge | work | disgorge, shed, spill | slop, spill, splatter | unseat | disunite, divide, part, separate | deracinate, extirpate, root out, uproot | depress, press down | lift | flick, riffle, ruffle | work | take back | center, centre | pump | scan | bump around, jar, shake up | dandle | revolve, roll | force, push | rock, sway | fluctuate | pulse | dislodge, reposition, shift | glide | stir | play | bowl over, knock over, overturn, tip over, tump over, turn over, upset | send, ship, transport | direct, send | transport | saltate | bring down, get down, let down, lower, take down | lift, raise | bring up, elevate, get up, lift, raise | drop | sink | advance, bring forward | chase away, dispel, drive away, drive off, drive out, run off, turn back | shift, transfer | displacev1 | crowd, herd | circulate | circulate, distribute, pass around, pass on | drive out, force out, rouse, rout out | drive | race, rush | whoosh, woosh | pour | slip | bring outside, exteriorize | upstage | swing | turn, turn over | turn | turn | slide | run | whistle | beat, flap | singsong | hustle | wash | rake | blow | drag | draw, pull | lateralize | translate | hit, strike | sling | change hands, change owners | transfer | expel, kick out, throw out ... show more.
cause: move.
verb group: go, locomote, move, travel.
derivation: motion, move, movement | movement | mover, moving company, public mover, removal company, removal firm | mover | movable, moveable, transferable, transferrable, transportable | movable.
Moby thesaurus: act for, attend, banish, boot, bounce, break, bump, bust, can, carry away, carry off, cart away, cashier, change places with, come after, crowd out, cut out, deconsecrate, defrock, degrade, delocalize, demote, deplume, deport, depose, deprive, dethrone, disarrange, disarticulate, disbar, discharge, discrown, disemploy, disenthrone, disjoint, dislocate, dislodge, dismiss, disorder, displume, disturb, double for, drum out, eject, emanate, ensue, evict, excommunicate, exile, expatriate, expel, fill in for, fire, follow after, follow up, furlough, ghost, ghostwrite, give the ax, give the gate, go after, issue, kick, kick out, kick upstairs, lay aside, lay off, let go, let out, liquidate, luxate, make redundant, manhandle, misplace, move, oust, overtake, overthrow, pension, pension off, pinch-hit, purge, put aside, read out of, release, relegate, relieve, relocate, remove, remove from office, replace, represent, result, retire, sack, send, separate forcibly, set aside, shift, shunt, side, spell, spell off, stand in for, strip, strip of office, strip of rank, subrogate, substitute for, succeed, superannuate, supersede, supervene, supplant, surplus, suspend, swap places with, take away, throw out, track, trail, transfer, transport, turn off, turn out, unchurch, uncrown, understudy for, unfrock, unhinge, unjoint, unmake, unsaddle, unseat, unsettle, unthrone, usurp ... show more.
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