dis·place 
/dɪˈspleɪs/ verb
dis·plac·es; dis·placed; dis·plac·ing /dɪˈspleɪs/ verb [+ obj] 1 : to take the job or position of (someone or something)
▪ Many of the company's workers were displaced [=replaced] by machines. ▪ Some say football has displaced [=replaced, supplanted] baseball as America's national pastime. 2 a : to force (people or animals) to leave the area where they live
▪ The war has displaced thousands of people. ▪ The hurricane displaced most of the town's residents. ▪ animals displaced by wildfire
b chiefly US : to remove (someone) from a job or position
▪ The closing of the factory has displaced many workers. 3 : to move (something) so that it is no longer in its original or regular location or position
▪ farming practices that displace large amounts of soil ▪ (technical) The ship displaces 20,000 tons (of water).
▪ Many of the company's workers were displaced [=replaced] by machines. ▪ Some say football has displaced [=replaced, supplanted] baseball as America's national pastime.
▪ The war has displaced thousands of people. ▪ The hurricane displaced most of the town's residents. ▪ animals displaced by wildfire
b chiefly US : to remove (someone) from a job or position
▪ The closing of the factory has displaced many workers.
▪ farming practices that displace large amounts of soil ▪ (technical) The ship displaces 20,000 tons (of water).
— displaced adjective
▪ a crisis involving thousands of displaced persons/people [=people who have been forced to leave the area/country where they live]
▪ a crisis involving thousands of displaced persons/people [=people who have been forced to leave the area/country where they live]
