What is the meaning of displace?

verb

• Cause to move, usually with force or pressure.
  • usage: "the refugees were displaced by the war"
• Take the place of or have precedence over.
  • usage: "live broadcast of the presidential debate preempts the regular news hour"; "discussion of the emergency situation will preempt the lecture by the professor"
  • synonyms: preempt
• Terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position.
  • usage: "The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers"
  • synonyms: fire, give notice, can, dismiss, give the axe, send away, sack, force out, give the sack, terminate
• Cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense.
  • usage: "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant"
  • synonyms: move