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supplant

/səˈplænt/
verb

  1. To take the place of; to replace, to supersede.

    "Will online dictionaries ever supplant paper dictionaries?"

  2. To uproot, to remove violently.

Synonymsuproot, wrench, dethrone, oust, replace, supersede

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