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adjective

as in dispossessed

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displaced

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verb

past tense of displace
1
as in relocated
to change the place or position of the slight tremor displaced the dishes on the shelves, but didn't do any real damage

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2
as in exiled
to force to leave a country World War II displaced people all over Europe

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3
as in replaced
to take the place of inefficient methods displaced by newer ones

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4
as in deposed
to remove from a position of prominence or power (as a throne) the CEO was summarily displaced after the hostile takeover

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Recent Examples of displaced
Adjective
According to the Lebanese Ministry of Health, more than 4,300 people have been killed by Israeli strikes since March 2, and the United Nations says more than 350,000 remain displaced since Israel’s occupation began. — Zeena Saifi, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2026 In Beirut, the ministry will move displaced families to unused buildings. — ABC News, 31 Aug. 2026 Amid the confusion, the tenants union met with Lucas to discuss how the city would help displaced residents, resulting in the new agreement. — Dylan Lysen, Kansas City Star, 30 Aug. 2026 The rescue helps provide displaced animals with care and a safe place. — Tanya Edwards, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026 Liberia has said the arrivals reflect its longstanding role as a sanctuary for displaced people. — Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 21 Aug. 2026 The reopening marks one of the most visible signs of commercial recovery in Pacific Palisades, even as many residents remained displaced, homes and schools are still being rebuilt and portions of the neighborhood still bear the scars of the fire. — Teresa Liu, Daily News, 19 Aug. 2026 Each vehicle would also be subject to a per-mile tax used to fund public transit, as well as workforce training and compensation for displaced rideshare and taxi drivers. — Rogé Karma, The Atlantic, 19 Aug. 2026 Meanwhile, relief workers distributed rice, ready-to-eat meals, drinking water, blankets and medicine, while emergency shelters were set up for displaced residents. — Firdia Lisnawati, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2026
Verb
While the rescue of two men in Nepal brought some rare good news on Friday, the broader situation in the country remains challenging, with thousands of people displaced and thousands of homes destroyed. — Sana Noor Haq, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2026 Because the cities of Long Beach and Pasadena manage their own homeless populations, the UCLA-USC team did not attempt to assess how many individuals would be displaced around venues in those cities, for sports including beach volleyball and diving. — James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026 The war killed at least 59,000 people, displaced some 13 million and pushed parts of the country into famine. — ABC News, 4 Sep. 2026 Akiyama wrote numerous books concerning both his spaceflight and his experiences as a farmer and being displaced from the Fukushima Prefecture. — Robert Pearlman, ArsTechnica, 2 Sep. 2026 Since last year’s fires in Los Angeles, thousands of people have remained displaced or stuck in temporary housing, even though many of them own homes that survived the blazes. — Evan Bush, NBC news, 1 Sep. 2026 More than 900,000 people have been displaced, while the region’s gold mines draw workers from a wide area. — The Week Uk, TheWeek, 28 Aug. 2026 But as wildfires have displaced residents in the West, ADUs have filled a vital need where housing has proved scant or expensive. — David Morgan, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026 As more than 50 others sought refuge in L’Arche de la Nouvelle Alliance, a Protestant church that had been sheltering people already displaced by the violence, the gunmen pursued them. — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 28 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for displaced
  1. dispossessed
  2. relocated
  3. exiled
  4. replaced
  5. deposed
  6. reduced
  7. removed
  8. banished
Adjective
  • Conover keeps his readers waiting for too long, almost half the book, before saying anything about how the San Luis Valley came to be a magnet for the dispossessed.
    — Kathryn Schulz, The New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2022
  • Three days after his 10th birthday, his father, a depressed junkman, killed himself, and the experience of misfortune fueled the young artist’s identification with the dispossessed.
    — Peter Saenger, WSJ, 22 Apr. 2022
Definition of dispossessed
Verb
  • More than 5,300 people in the county were relocated to safer places.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Harry and Meghan relocated to California in 2020 after stepping back as working members of the royal family.
    — Christina Dugan Ramirez , Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of relocated
Verb
  • Located in Jerusalem, al-Wasiti became, for years, the place to visit, empowering Palestinian artists exiled all over the world to return to a fountain of unity and belonging.
    — Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 26 Aug. 2026
  • This thriller centers on disgraced or damaged agents of Britain’s MI6 intelligence service who have been exiled to a remote Greek island.
    — Monitor reviewers, Christian Science Monitor, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of exiled
Verb
  • Tariffs on cement, road salt and hospital pads were removed and replaced with duties on all-terrain vehicles, some cheeses and motorboats.
    — Steve Kopack, NBC news, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Chesney, who replaced Cignetti at James Madison, is initiating the same psychological renovation at UCLA.
    — The Athletic College Football Staff, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of replaced
Verb
  • The Turkish government was deposed in a military coup in 1980, and in the aftermath, the CHP (along with every other party) was banned from politics.
    — Nick TaborAll, Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Paxton wasn't a defendant in the suit, but as the company's former attorney, he was deposed in 2019 and in 2022.
    — Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of deposed
Adjective
  • Then the reduced group of selectors will go immediately into discussion on the merits of that candidate.
    — Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Other advantages of what Belkin is calling its BoostSolid Cell technology include a reduced risk of overheating that could cause swelling or fires and consistent power delivery across a wider temperature range.
    — Andrew Liszewski, The Verge, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of reduced
Verb
  • His lone interception was the only blemish before the Longhorns removed him with a 42-7 third-quarter lead.
    — Manny Navarro, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Crews first removed the suspension system from an underground launch facility earlier this year.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of removed
Verb
  • The film is a story about motherhood, survival and resistance that follows a young woman who’s been banished from her community.
    — Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Any doubts over whether that deal would be concluded would have been banished as soon as Riad was taken off.
    — Matt Woosnam, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of banished

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“Displaced.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/displaced. Accessed 10 Sep. 2026.

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