dislodge
Americanverb (used with object)
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to remove or force out of a particular place.
to dislodge a stone with one's foot.
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to drive out of a hiding place, a military position, etc.
verb (used without object)
verb
Other Word Forms
- dislodgment noun
- undislodged adjective
Etymology
Origin of dislodge
1400–50; late Middle English disloggen < Old French desloger, equivalent to des- dis- 1 + loger to lodge
Example Sentences
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Moroccan authorities often carry out raids to dislodge them.
From Barron's
It was thwarted after regional power Nigeria sent fighter jets to dislodge the mutineers from a military base and the offices of state TV following a request from President Patrice Talon's government.
From BBC
Regional power Nigeria assisted in thwarting the mutiny, saying its fighter jets had helped "dislodge the coup plotters from the National TV and a military camp" following a request from Benin's government.
From BBC
Along with team member Laura Clifton Byrne, an undergraduate at San Francisco State University, he also shadowed foraging chimpanzees, retrieving freshly dislodged fruits from beneath the canopy and measuring their alcohol content.
From Science Daily
For Germany, Europe’s longtime engine of growth, global shifts have dislodged the tentpoles of its economic success: cheap gas from Russia, booming export markets in China and the U.S. defense umbrella.
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