DICTOMETER

DISPLACED

1. Synonyms:
   • Displace
   Definitions:
   • cause to move, usually with force or pressure
   Examples:
   • The refugees were displaced by the war
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Preempt
   • Displace
   Definitions:
   • take the place of or have precedence over
   Examples:
   • Live broadcast of the presidential debate preempts the regular news hour
   • Discussion of the emergency situation will preempt the lecture by the professor
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Displace
   • Fire
   • Give notice
   • Can
   • Dismiss
   • Give the axe
   • Send away
   • Sack
   • Force out
   • Give the sack
   • Terminate
   Definitions:
   • terminate the employment of
   • discharge from an office or position
   Examples:
   • The boss fired his secretary today
   • The company terminated 25% of its workers
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Move
   • Displace
   Definitions:
   • cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense
   Examples:
   • Move those boxes into the corner, please
   • I'm moving my money to another bank
   • The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant