displacer

[ dis-pley-ser ]

noun
  1. a person or thing that displaces.

Origin of displacer

1
First recorded in 1580–90; displace + -er1

Words Nearby displacer

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How to use displacer in a sentence

  • The planting of the displacer was too important a thing for him to fumble again.

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  • But twenty expeditions had failed to set up the Earth-end displacer.

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  • Over the centuries, the Grom scientists had developed the displacer.

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  • The displacer pulsed, reminding him of the job he had to do.

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  • I'll disguise myself as a Man, walk through the gate to the reactor room, and activate my displacer.

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