dislodge

[dis-loj]

verb (used with object)

dislodged, dislodging 

1. to remove or force out of a particular place.

   to dislodge a stone with one's foot.

2. to drive out of a hiding place, a military position, etc.

verb (used without object)

dislodged, dislodging 

1. to go from a place of lodgment.

dislodge

/ dɪsˈlɒdʒ /

verb

1. to remove from or leave a lodging place, hiding place, or previously fixed position

Other Word Forms

• dislodgment noun
• undislodged adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of dislodge¹

1400–50; late Middle English disloggen < Old French desloger, equivalent to des- dis- ¹ + loger to lodge

Example Sentences

Even worse, if the boulder refused to become dislodged, it might drag the Mykali down to the bottom.

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Overwhelming firepower dislodged them in June, but the militants blew the bridge connecting the two settlements as they withdrew -- using so much dynamite that there was barely a scrap left to scavenge.

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Attacks by a Saudi-led international coalition from early 2015 failed to dislodge them, while the conflict plunged Yemen, the Arabian Peninsula's poorest country, into a major humanitarian catastrophe.

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“Our arson investigators have determined the most likely cause of the Mountain fire was extreme winds dislodging a pocket of covered hot tire debris from an earlier fire,” Gardner said.

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There’s real fear that Mamdani will help inspire young people across the country to believe they have the power to dislodge the aging, out-of-touch leadership of the current Democratic Party.

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Related Words

• displace 
• eject 
• evict 
• extricate 
• force out 
• oust 
• remove 
• uproot