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What does displace mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word displace? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. To move something, or someone, especially to forcibly move people from their homeland.
  2. To supplant, or take the place of something or someone; to substitute.
  3. (of a floating ship) To have a weight equal to that of the water displaced.
  4. (psychology) to repress
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A thin oxide spacer is used to displace P-type dopant implantation to P-type shallow source and drain extension junctions.
Where are the serious people who can displace this flea-bitten ragtag circus of charlatans, illiterates, hucksters, kooks, and dumbells?
These image structures imbricate prior historical formations to displace the digital warfare irradiating the cybermilitarized economy.
The politicians, both those who hold office and others who aspire to displace them, are yet to show such mettle.
River-class ships are just under 80 metres long and displace 1,700 tons fully loaded.
Consider what you need to displace during jobs like repairing the fresh water pump or changing an impellor.

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