displaced

Definitions

Forced to leave one's home, typically due to war, persecution, or natural disaster.

Moved from a proper or usual position; out of place.

Taken the place of something else and supplanted it.

Examples

The construction of the new dam left thousands of local residents displaced from their homes.

Many people were displaced by the sudden earthquake and had to seek shelter in temporary camps.

Synonyms

uprooted relocated banished evicted dislodged transferred replaced

Antonyms

settled established rooted installed positioned located anchored