DISPLACE
move, displace
(verb) 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”
displace
(verb) cause to move, usually with force or pressure; “the refugees were displaced by the war”
displace, fire, give notice, can, dismiss, give the axe, send away, sack, force out, give the sack, terminate
(verb) terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position; “The boss fired his secretary today”; “The company terminated 25% of its workers”
preempt, displace
(verb) 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”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
displace (third-person singular simple present displaces, present participle displacing, simple past and past participle displaced)
To put out of place; to disarrange.
To move something, or someone, especially to forcibly move people from their homeland.
To supplant, or take the place of something or someone; to substitute.
To replace, on account of being superior to or more suitable than that which is being replaced.
(of a floating ship) To have a weight equal to that of the water displaced.
(psychology) to repress
Source: Wiktionary
Dis*place", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Displaced; p. pr. & vb. n.
Displacing.] Etym: [Pref. dis- + place: cf. F. déplacer.]
1. To change the place of; to remove from the usual or proper place;
to put out of place; to place in another situation; as, the books in
the library are all displaced.
2. To crowd out; to take the place of.
Holland displaced Portugal as the mistress of those seas. London
Times.
3. To remove from a state, office, dignity, or employment; to
discharge; to depose; as, to displace an officer of the revenue.
4. To dislodge; to drive away; to banish. [Obs.]
You have displaced the mirth. Shak.
Syn.
– To disarrange; derange; dismiss; discard.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition