駆逐

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 駆逐(くちく) means driving something out of the place or sphere it occupied.
• Basic usage: It can describe driving pests from a field or new technology displacing outdated products from a market.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• The target and the sphere it leaves
  • In 害虫を駆逐する, を marks what is driven out.
  • In 市場から駆逐する, から marks the sphere from which something is displaced.