displace

dislocate - put out of its usual place, position, or relationship; "The colonists displaced the natives"

dislodge, bump - remove or force from a position of dwelling previously occupied; "The new employee dislodged her by moving into her office space"

move, displace - cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant"

transplant, transfer - lift and reset in another soil or situation; "Transplant the young rice plants"

crowd out, force out - press, force, or thrust out of a small space; "The weeds crowded out the flowers"

evacuate - move people from their homes or country

deracinate, uproot - move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment; "The war uprooted many people"

supercede, supersede, supervene upon, supplant, replace - 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"

retire - make (someone) retire; "The director was retired after the scandal"

pension off - let go from employment with an attractive pension; "The director was pensioned off when he got senile"

clean out - force out; "The new boss cleaned out the lazy workers"

furlough, lay off - dismiss, usually for economic reasons; "She was laid off together with hundreds of other workers when the company downsized"

squeeze out - force out; "Some employees were squeezed out by the recent budget cuts"

remove - remove from a position or an office

send away, send packing, dismiss, drop - stop associating with; "They dropped her after she had a child out of wedlock"

mobilise, mobilize, circulate - cause to move around; "circulate a rumor"

relocate - move or establish in a new location; "We had to relocate the office because the rent was too high"

dislocate, luxate, splay, slip - move out of position; "dislocate joints"; "the artificial hip joint luxated and had to be put back surgically"

translate - change the position of (figures or bodies) in space without rotation

station, post, send, place - assign to a station

raise up, commove, disturb, stir up, vex, shake up, agitate - change the arrangement or position of

channel, channelise, channelize, transmit, transport, transfer - send from one person or place to another; "transmit a message"

funnel - move or pour through a funnel; "funnel the liquid into the small bottle"

brandish, wave, flourish - move or swing back and forth; "She waved her gun"

draw, pull, force - cause to move by pulling; "draw a wagon"; "pull a sled"

carry, transport - move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body; "You must carry your camping gear"; "carry the suitcases to the car"; "This train is carrying nuclear waste"; "These pipes carry waste water into the river"

tug - move by pulling hard; "The horse finally tugged the cart out of the mud"

disarrange - destroy the arrangement or order of; "My son disarranged the papers on my desk"

lay, place, put, set, position, pose - put into a certain place or abstract location; "Put your things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children"; "Place emphasis on a certain point"

mesh, lock, operate, engage - keep engaged; "engaged the gears"

propel, impel - cause to move forward with force; "Steam propels this ship"

set in motion, launch - get going; give impetus to; "launch a career"; "Her actions set in motion a complicated judicial process"

twine, wrap, wind, roll - arrange or or coil around; "roll your hair around your finger"; "Twine the thread around the spool"; "She wrapped her arms around the child"

unroll, unwind, wind off - reverse the winding or twisting of; "unwind a ball of yarn"

wedge, squeeze, force - squeeze like a wedge into a tight space; "I squeezed myself into the corner"

work - move into or onto; "work the raisins into the dough"; "the student worked a few jokes into his presentation"; "work the body onto the flatbed truck"

disgorge, shed, spill - cause or allow (a solid substance) to flow or run out or over; "spill the beans all over the table"

slop, spill, splatter - cause or allow (a liquid substance) to run or flow from a container; "spill the milk"; "splatter water"

unseat - dislodge from one's seat, as from a horse

disunite, separate, part, divide - force, take, or pull apart; "He separated the fighting children"; "Moses parted the Red Sea"

root out, deracinate, extirpate, uproot - pull up by or as if by the roots; "uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden"

press down, depress - press down; "Depress the space key"

lift - take hold of something and move it to a different location; "lift the box onto the table"

riffle, ruffle, flick - twitch or flutter; "the paper flicked"

go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast"

work - move in an agitated manner; "His fingers worked with tension"

take back - move text to the previous line; in printing

centre, center - move into the center; "That vase in the picture is not centered"

pump - move up and down; "The athlete pumps weights in the gym"

scan - move a light beam over; in electronics, to reproduce an image

bump around, shake up, jar - shock physically; "Georgia was shaken up in the Tech game"

dandle - move (a baby) up and down in one's arms or on one's knees

revolve, roll - cause to move by turning over or in a circular manner of as if on an axis; "She rolled the ball"; "They rolled their eyes at his words"

push, force - move with force, "He pushed the table into a corner"