displace
verb (used with object)
to compel (a person or persons) to leave home, country, etc.
had displaced
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past perfectof displace.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Aleppo governor Azzam al-Gharib said on Saturday that the ongoing clashes in the northern Syrian city's Kurdish-majority neighbourhoods had displaced around 155,000 people.
From Barron's ● Jan. 10, 2026
“What’s the famous saying? It’s amazing how much can get done if you don’t care who gets the credit,” said Spiegel, who said the fires had displaced more than 150 Snap Inc. employees.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 6, 2025
By 2019, Modelo Especial had displaced Miller Lite as the top beer in Chicago, a sign of things to come.
From Slate ● Jul. 5, 2023
Ongoing evacuation orders had displaced around 4,400 people in Quebec as of Tuesday morning.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 27, 2023
He had displaced a well-regarded boy his new crewmates had been rowing with for two years, and they initially refused to give Moch the respect a coxswain absolutely depends on.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
