supplant, supplantation, supplanter 1. Literally, 'To trip up one's heels, to throw down; to put under the sole of the foot, to trip up'. 2. To take the place of; supersede, especially through force or plotting. 3. To remove or uproot in order to replace with something else. Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/1687/