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Noun: supplanting  su'plănting
  1. Act of taking the place of another especially using underhanded tactics
    - displacement
Verb: supplant  su'plănt
  1. Take the place or move into the position of
    "the computer has supplanted the slide rule"
    - replace, supersede, supervene upon, supercede

See also: supplanter

Type of: come after, follow, replacement, replacing, succeed