displanted

verb

past tense of displant
as in replaced
to take the place of long ago displanted by the automobile, the horse and buggy have become icons of a slower, gentler time

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for displanted
  1. replaced
  2. superseded
Verb
  • He was replaced before the fifth inning by righty Mason Black.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026
  • That was because the player being replaced — match-winner Will Lankshear — took more than 10 seconds to depart while applauding the supporters.
    — George Edwards, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of replaced
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  • Returning to it means rebuilding parts of an industrial and maintenance ecosystem that has been superseded by the newer system.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Artificial Intelligence will require more memory than the iPhone 17 offers, and it will be rapidly superseded, likely by April, with the iPhone 18 launch.
    — Ewan Spence, Forbes.com, 25 July 2026
Definition of superseded
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“Displanted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/displanted. Accessed 24 Aug. 2026.

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