had been dislodging

• past perfect progressive

  past perfect progressive

  Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.

  of dislodge.
  dislodge

  verb (used with object)

  to remove or force out of a particular place.

Related Words

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