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IELTS word

displace

/dΙͺsˈpleΙͺs/verb

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English definition

to force people or animals to leave their usual home

Common phrases / collocations

  1. displace families
  2. displace workers
  3. be displaced by conflict

Example sentences

  1. 1.

    Rising water displaced the deer from the island.

  2. 2.

    The flood displaced hundreds of families.

  3. 3.

    New machines may displace some workers.

Recorded study sentence

Rising water displaced the deer.

Visual learning

See the meaning

Several deer swim away from a partly submerged river island toward dry land.
to force people or animals to leave their usual home
1island floods
2deer move away
water covers home→animals must leave