displaced

displace | American Dictionary

displace
verb[ T ]
us/dɪˈspleɪs/
to force something or someone out of its usual or original place:
A major government offensive against rebel groups threatens to displace large numbers of people.

Examples of displace

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Given sufficient processing time, would the postverbal noun be successful in displacing the filler as theme, regardless of its plausibility?
The remainder is given over to a single tonic butterfly in which the second note is displaced downwards by two octaves.
Once the exclusive domain of women, childbirth practices are now dominated by a largely male obstetric workforce, displacing the traditionally female dominated practice of midwifery.
Radiation pressure is also exerted on all tissues in the beam, however, and it causes the tissue to be displaced forwards very slightly.
Such molecules may have been destroyed, altered or displaced into deeper soil layers, where they are protected from radiation and oxidation.
However, he displaces attention from the readers of books to their producers.
Promotion of woodlots by external organizations appears to displace local collective action in protecting the woodlot and contributes to lower tree survival rates.
This "towing" hypothesis also does not address how the inner nuclear layer neurons are displaced laterally or explain the centripetal movement of the cones.
Conversely, more land for agro-pastoral production will benefit the local people, depress the profitability of the park agency and displace the wildlife habitat.
Although displaced by the rise of the 'sanitary landfill' by the 1930s, incinerator technology persisted as a viable alternative.
The conventional operatic world of romance, mistaken identity and intrigue has been displaced by one of ideological celebration.
So did the lawyers and doctors actually displace the older notables?
To give any interpretative sense would involve more skills than its amateur managers have available, and displace material for which they have no other stores.
In particular, we can account for the ' displaced ' position of the verb stem in the morphology.
The foreign locus of decisionmaking also creates opportunities for displacing or at least sharing blame when politically unpopular decisions are taken.
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