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dis‧place
[transitive]
[transitive]1 to take the place or position of something or someone [= replace]: 
Coal has been displaced by natural gas as a major source of energy.immigrants who displace US workers in the job market
Coal has been displaced by natural gas as a major source of energy.immigrants who displace US workers in the job market2PG to make a group of people or animals have to leave the place where they normally live : Fifty thousand people have been displaced by the fighting.
Fifty thousand people have been displaced by the fighting.3 to force something out of its usual place or position : The water displaced by the landslides created a tidal wave.
The water displaced by the landslides created a tidal wave. —displaced adjective
