supplanting

sup·plant  (s-plnt)

tr.v. sup·plant·ed, sup·plant·ing, sup·plants

1. To usurp the place of, especially through intrigue or underhanded tactics.

2. To displace and substitute for (another): The word processor has largely supplanted electric typewriters. See Synonyms at replace.

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[Middle English supplanten, from Old French supplanter, from Latin supplantre, to trip up : sub-, sub- + planta, sole of the foot; see plat- in Indo-European roots.]

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Noun

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supplanting - act of taking the place of another especially using underhanded tactics displacement replacement, replacing - the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another; "replacing the star will not be easy"