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Plural
displacements
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act of taking the place of another especially using underhanded tactics
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the act of uniform movement
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an event in which something is displaced without rotation
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act of removing from office or employment
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to move something from its natural environment
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(psychiatry) a defense mechanism that transfers affect or reaction from the original object to some more acceptable one
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(chemistry) a reaction in which an elementary substance displaces and sets free a constituent element from a compound
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expulsion of people from their homes, typically caused by war, persecution, or natural catastrophe