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displacer

[ dis-pley-ser ]

/ dɪsˈpleɪ sər /

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noun

a person or thing that displaces.

plum (def. 10).

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Origin of displacer

First recorded in 1580–90; displace + -er¹

Words nearby displacer

displacement activity, displacement current, displacement hull, displacement ton, displacement tonnage, displacer, displant, display, display ad, display advertisement, display advertising

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How to use displacer in a sentence

The planting of the Displacer was too important a thing for him to fumble again.
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But twenty expeditions had failed to set up the Earth-end Displacer.
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Over the centuries, the Grom scientists had developed the Displacer.
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The Displacer pulsed, reminding him of the job he had to do.
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I'll disguise myself as a Man, walk through the gate to the reactor room, and activate my Displacer.
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