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displace

🇬🇧 UK/dis'pleis/🇺🇸 US
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Definitions

v.

To move something or someone from its usual place; to force people from their home; to take the place of something.

移置,取代;迫使(人)离开家园

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
disnot, apart, away
+
placeplace, position, location
=displace

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The new technology displaced thousands of factory workers.

  • 2.

    The earthquake displaced many residents from their homes.

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