Supplant - English meaning

verb

Remove from office suddenly and forcefully.

Usage examples:

He had been deposed by a military coup

verb

To remove someone important from a powerful position

Usage examples:

Be deposed as gingrich was deposed as speaker of the house after the election in 1998., be deposed …

verb

Remove (a monarch) from power.

Usage examples:

In january 1831 the poles dethroned the romanovs

verb

To remove a king or queen from their position of power

Usage examples:

The world champion was dethroned by a young swedish challenger.

verb

To beat someone who is the best at something, especially a sport, and become the best yourself

Usage examples:

The world champion was dethroned by a young swedish challenger.

verb

Make (a doubt, feeling, or belief) disappear.

Usage examples:

The brightness of the day did nothing to dispel elaine's dejection

verb

To remove fears, doubts, or false ideas, usually by proving them wrong or unnecessary

Usage examples:

We need to dispel the myths and establish real facts.

verb

To remove fears, doubts, and false ideas, usually by proving them wrong or unnecessary

Usage examples:

I'd like to start the speech by dispelling a few rumours that have been spreading recently.

verb

Take over the place, position, or role of.

Usage examples:

He believes that books may be displaced by the electronic word

verb

To force something or someone out of its usual or original place

Usage examples:

A major government offensive against rebel groups threatens to displace large numbers of people.

verb

To force something out of its usual or original position

Usage examples:

The blow displaced the woman's eardrum and left her partially deaf.

verb

Force or throw (something) out in a violent or sudden way.

Usage examples:

Lumps of viscous lava were ejected from the volcano

verb

Put out or expel from a place

verb

To force someone to leave a particular place, or to send out something quickly and often with force

Usage examples:

It was difficult to eject squatters from the abandoned building., very seldom do you see any player…

verb

Drive out or expel (someone) from a position or place.

Usage examples:

The reformists were ousted from power

verb

Use one's authority to reject or cancel (a decision, view, etc.).

Usage examples:

The courts will ultimately override any objections

noun

A device for suspending an automatic function on a machine.

Usage examples:

The flash has to have a manual override to be useful

verb

To ignore or refuse to accept a suggestion, idea, or method that already exists or operates

Usage examples:

The legislature voted to override the presidential veto.

verb

Remove forcibly from power.

Usage examples:

Military coups which had attempted to overthrow the king

noun

A removal from power.

Usage examples:

The speeches called for the overthrow of the monarchy

verb

Take (something) away or off from the position occupied.

Usage examples:

Customs officials removed documents from the premises

noun

A degree of remoteness or separation.

Usage examples:

At this remove, the whole incident seems insane

verb

Take the place of.

Usage examples:

Ian's smile was replaced by a frown

verb

To take the place of something or put in the place of something or someone else

Usage examples:

We replaced our old air conditioners., the ailing actress was replaced by her understudy., after du…

verb

To take the place of something or someone else

Usage examples:

The single farm payment will replace all subsidy schemes in january., four people have left the da'…

verb

Achieve the desired aim or result.

Usage examples:

Keep trying and you will eventually succeed

verb

To achieve something that you have been aiming for, or (of a plan or piece of work) to have the desired results

Usage examples:

She’s been trying to pass her driving test for years and she finally succeeded., he succeeded in bu…

verb

If you succeed, you achieve something that you have been trying to do or get, and if a plan or a piece of work succeeds, it has the results that you wanted

Usage examples:

Succeed in sth he is determined to succeed in the property market., succeed in doing sth the new ex…

verb

Take the place of (a person or thing previously in authority or use); supplant.

Usage examples:

The older models of car have now been superseded

verb

To replace something older, less effective, or less important or official

Usage examples:

Wireless broadband could supersede satellite radio one day., the state law was superseded by the fe…

verb

If a law, rule, agreement, etc. supersedes another, it replaces it

Usage examples:

The newly signed deal supersedes the current contract and runs to the end of 2012., be superseded b…

phrase

To be used instead of someone or something

Usage examples:

These portable machines can take the place of your desktop pc., virtual reality should never take t…

verb

Overbalance or cause to overbalance and fall.

Usage examples:

She toppled over when i touched her

verb

To lean forward and fall

Usage examples:

[ t ] a large tree was toppled by the wind., [ t ] the government toppled after several large publi…

verb

To remove a person or organization from a position of power

Usage examples:

This was a secret bid to topple the chairman and take his job., their aim was to topple the superma…

verb

Erode the base or foundation of (a rock formation).

Usage examples:

The flow of water had undermined pillars supporting the roof

verb

To gradually weaken or destroy someone or something

Usage examples:

The incompetence and arrogance of the city’s administration have undermined public confidence in go…

verb

Cause (someone) to fall from a horse or bicycle.

Usage examples:

Rawhide unseated kevin bradley at the first fence

verb

To remove someone from a powerful job, esp. a job to which a person is elected

Usage examples:

She has a good chance to unseat the governor.

verb

Take (a position of power or importance) illegally or by force.

Usage examples:

Richard usurped the throne

verb

To take power or control of something by force or without the right to do so

Usage examples:

Some senators fear the organization will usurp congressional power.