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displacement
displacement /dɪˈspleɪs.mənt/ noun [U]
1 C1 the situation in which people are forced to leave the place where they normally live: » The recent famine in these parts has caused the displacement of tens of thousands of people.Thesaurus+: ↑Emitting and ejecting2 F0 SPECIALIZED the weight of liquid that is forced out of position by an object that is floating on or in it Thesaurus+: ↑Area, mass, weight and volume in generalWord Builder:–Nouns: place, placement, replacement, displacement–Adjectives: misplaced–Verbs: place, displace, replace |