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displacement
noun as in dislocation
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Example Sentences
Miswadi, an Indonesian fisherman and farmer who uses one name, faces displacement from his village Sembulang and is a plaintiff in one case.
"I lost my house in Gaza City, I decided to stay here with my family because I don't trust the ceasefire and we're sick of displacement."
Existing displacement sites are overcrowded, and the deportation of more than 200,000 Haitians from the neighboring Dominican Republic this year has further strained local communities that are hosting displaced people, the UN agency said.
On Wednesday, Richard Bennett, UN special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan, wrote on X that he was "deeply concerned" by reports of civilian casualties and displacement because of the clashes.
"Houses and shops were set on fire" and there was "a massive displacement of the local population", he said.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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