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   supplant

   /səˈplɑːnt/

   verb

   • 1. supersede and replace: "domestic production has been supplanted by imports and jobs have been lost" Similar replacedisplacesupersedetake the place oftake over fromsubstitute forundermineoverrideoustusurpoverthrowremovetoppleunseatdeposedethroneejectdispelsucceedcome afterstep into the shoes ofinformal:fill someone's bootscrowd outdefenestrate

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French supplanter or Latin supplantare ‘trip up’, from sub- ‘from below’ + planta ‘sole’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. supplanter noun

   Scrabble Points: 12

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