Verb

• S: (v) displace (displace%2:38:00::) (cause to move, usually with force or pressure) "the refugees were displaced by the war"
• S: (v) preempt (preempt%2:41:00::), displace (displace%2:41:02::) (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"
• S: (v) displace (displace%2:41:04::), fire (fire%2:41:00::), give notice (give_notice%2:41:00::), can (can%2:41:00::), dismiss (dismiss%2:41:00::), give the axe (give_the_axe%2:41:00::), send away (send_away%2:41:00::), sack (sack%2:41:00::), force out (force_out%2:41:00::), give the sack (give_the_sack%2:41:00::), terminate (terminate%2:41:01::) (terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position) "The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers"
• S: (v) move (move%2:38:01::), displace (displace%2:38:02::) (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"