displace

/(ˌ)dis-ˈplās/

probably from Middle French desplacer, from des- dis- + place place

verb

  1. to remove from the usual or proper place; specifically : to expel or force to flee from home or homeland

  2. to remove from an office, status, or job

  3. to drive out : banish

replace displace supplant supersede mean to put out of a usual or proper place or into the place of another. replace implies a filling of a place once occupied by something lost, destroyed, or no longer usable or adequate. displace implies an ousting or dislodging.