dis- + place

verb with object

take over the place, position, or role of (someone or something):

〈人･物･事など〉に取って代わる(replace)

e.g. in the northern states of India, Hindi has largely displaced English.

cause (something) to move from its proper or usual place:

〈物が〉(通常の位置から)置き換えられる; 〈骨などが〉はずされる

e.g. he seems to have displaced some vertebrae.

(usually be displaced) force (someone) to leave their home, typically because of war, persecution, or natural disaster:

〖通例be ～d〗 〈人･動物などが〉(本来の場所から)移動［移住, 追放］させられる

e.g. thousands of people have been displaced by the civil war.

remove (someone) from a job or position of authority against their will:

｟主に米｠ …を解任する, 辞めさせる.

e.g. his aides were discredited and displaced.

displacer noun

mid 16th century: from Old French desplacer.