displace
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(verb) force to move; "the refugees were displaced by the war" |
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Synonyms: force out |
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Related Words: crowd out, displace, evacuate, move, transfer, transplant |
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(verb) take the place of |
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Related Words: move |
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(verb) move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment; "The war uprooted many people" |
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Synonyms: deracinate, uproot |
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Related Words: place |
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(verb) put out of its usual place, position, or relationship; "The colonists displaced the natives" |
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Synonyms: dislocate |
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Related Words: resettle |
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(verb) remove or force from a position of dwelling previously occupied; "The new employee dislodged her by moving into her office space" |
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Synonyms: bump, dislodge |
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Related Words: boot out, chuck out, eject, exclude, expel, kick out, throw, throw out, turf out, turn out |
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(verb) cause to move; "Move those boxes into the corner, please" |
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Synonyms: move |
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Related Words: advance, agitate, base, beat, blow, boot out, bowl over, brandish, bring down, bring forward, bring outside, bring up, bump around, carry, center, centre, change hands, channel, channelize, chase away, chuck out, circulate, commove, crowd, dandle, depress, deracinate, direct, disarrange, disgorge, dislocate, dislodge, dispel, displace, distribute, disturb, disunite, divide, drag, draw, drive, drive away, drive off, drive out, drop, eject, elevate, engage, exclude, expel, exteriorize, extirpate, flap, flick, flourish, force, force out, funnel, get down, get up, glide, herd, hustle, impel, jar, kick out, knock over, launch, lay, let down, lift, lock, lower, mesh, mobilize, operate, overturn, part, pass around, pass on, place, play, pose, position, post, pour, press down, propel, pull, pull up, pulse, pump, push, put, race, raise, raise up, rake, reposition, riffle, roll, root out, rouse, rout out, ruffle, run, run off, rush, scan, send, separate, set, set in motion, shake up, shed, shift, ship, singsong, sink, slide, slip, slop, spill, splatter, splay, squeeze, station, stir, stir up, swing, take back, take down, throw out, tip over, transfer, translate, transmit, transport, tug, turf out, turn, turn back, turn out, turn over, unroll, unseat, unwind, uproot, upset, upstage, wash, wave, wedge, whistle, whoosh, wind, wind off, work, wrap |
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