displace

Verb

• cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense
  • Move those boxes into the corner, please
    
  • I'm moving my money to another bank
    
  • The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant
    

• terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position
  • The boss fired his secretary today
    
  • The company terminated 25% of its workers
    

• take the place of or have precedence over
  • live broadcast of the presidential debate preempts the regular news hour
    
  • discussion of the emergency situation will preempt the lecture by the professor
    

• cause to move, usually with force or pressure
  • the refugees were displaced by the war
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  move , preempt