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- pronunciation:
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plaent
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
supplants, supplanting, supplanted |
| definition: |
to replace (someone or something) esp. by dishonest or forceful means.
The treacherous informer supplanted the king's honest advisors.- synonyms:
- displace, replace, supersede
- similar words:
- depose, oust, relieve, succeed, unseat, unthrone
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| related words: |
displace, overthrow, replace, substitute |
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| derivations: |
supplantation (n.), supplanter (n.) |
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