Definition of hijack for English Language Learners. : 1  to stop and steal (a moving vehicle) : 2  to steal (something) from a moving vehicle that you have stopped. : 3  to take control of (an aircraft) by force.
Dictionary entry overview: What does reconstitute mean? â¢ RECONSTITUTE (verb) The verb RECONSTITUTE has 1 sense: 1. construct or form anew or provide with a new structure Familiarity information: RECONSTITUTE used as a verb is very rare.
replace, displace, supplant, supersede mean to put out of a usual or proper place or into the place of another. replace implies a filling of a place once occupied by something lost, destroyed, or no longer usable or adequate. replaced the broken window; displace implies an ousting or dislodging. war had displaced thousands supplant implies either a dispossessing or usurping of another's place, possessions, or privileges or an uprooting of something and its replacement with something else. was abruptly supplanted in her affections by another