supplant

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To uproot, to remove violently
To take the place of; to replace, to supersede

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to take the place of
{v} to displace by craft, to undermine
To remove or displace by stratagem; to displace and take the place of; to supersede; as, a rival supplants another in the favor of a mistress or a prince
take the place or move into the position of; "Smith replaced Miller as CEO after Miller left"; "the computer has supplanted the slide rule"; "Mary replaced Susan as the team's captain and the highest-ranked player in the school"
to replace, to take the place of to supersede
To overthrow, undermine, or force away, in order to get a substitute in place of
To trip up
If a person or thing is supplanted, another person or thing takes their place. He may be supplanted by a younger man By the 1930s the wristwatch had almost completely supplanted the pocket watch. = usurp. to take the place of a person or thing so that they are no longer used, no longer in a position of power etc = replace (supplanter, from supplantare , from planta )
{f} take the place of in an underhanded or scheming manner, overthrow, usurp; replace one thing with another
supplanter
{n} one who supplants or undermines
supplanted
past of supplant
supplanter
one who wrongfully or illegally seizes and holds the place of another
supplanter
{i} one who supplants, one who takes the place of another through force or intrigue
supplanter
One who supplants
supplanting
act of taking the place of another especially using underhanded tactics
supplanting
present participle of supplant
supplants
third-person singular of supplant
supplant
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