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supplant verb [ səˈplɑːnt ]

• supersede and replace.
• "domestic production has been supplanted by imports and jobs have been lost"
Similar: replace, displace, supersede, take the place of, take over from, substitute for, undermine, override, oust, usurp, overthrow, remove, topple, unseat, depose, dethrone, eject, dispel, succeed, come after, step into the shoes of, fill someone's boots, crowd out, defenestrate,
Origin: Middle English: from Old French supplanter or Latin supplantare ‘trip up’, from sub- ‘from below’ + planta ‘sole’.


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