supplanted

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A cunning expression supplanted the anger that had shown so plainly upon his face but a moment before.

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  1. transitive verb To usurp the place of, especially through intrigue or underhanded tactics.
  2. transitive verb To displace and substitute for (another): The word processor has largely supplanted electric typewriters. See Synonyms at replace.

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  • It was more, I figured, out of fear of being supplanted: she wanted no rivals who could do what she could do, and she didn't want that tape in our hands. —  Port Eternity
  • One of the most interesting tasks of the Planning Board will be an attempt to draw the line between those economic areas where competition is still useful and those where it has outlived its usefulness, and either is already supplanted or should be supplanted by some form of collectivism. ... —  magic-city-news.com
  • One of the most interesting tasks of the Planning Board will be an attempt to draw the line between those economic areas where competition is still useful and those where it has outlived its usefulness, and either is already supplanted or should be supplanted by some form of collectivism ... —  Intellectual Conservative Politics and Philosophy
  • Weed is to be supplanted, and that not for his own sake but for mine. —  A Political History of the State of New York, Volumes 1-3
  • The supplanter proved as bold as the man he had supplanted--stern "patriot" as Wilkes had been. —  The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. From George III. to Victoria
 

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