Collocations for "displacement"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "displacement" in context.
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displacement
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- the displacement of [people, townsfolk, citizens, residents, workers]
- the displacement of [social, scientific, political] concepts
- the displacement of [common, widely-held, universal] beliefs
- the displacement of jobs
- [ordered, oversaw, initiated] the displacement of the [people]
- their displacement by [new occupants, technology, automation]
- resist displacement by [opposition forces, modern technology]
- the displacement of [males, females] from the [pack, group]
- the displacement of [pistons, valves, pedals] (inside)
- [piston] displacement
- a [hip, joint, bone, shoulder] displacement
- suffered a [hip] displacement
- a [hip] displacement [caused, generated, induced] by
- the doctor [examined, x-rayed, scanned] the displacement
- displacement from the [center, vertebra, equilibrium]
- a [waste, liquid] displacement of [20,000 tons]
- the displacement [date, category, type, kind]