displace

Meanings

• cause to move, usually with force or pressure
  • "the refugees were displaced by the war"
• take the place of or have precedence over
• terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position
• cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense

Synonyms

can, dismiss, fire, force out, give notice, give the axe, give the sack, move, preempt, sack, send away, terminate