dislodge
Americanverb (used with object)
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dislodges,
present (3rd person singular)
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dislodged,
past participle, past
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dislodging
present participle
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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)
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dislodges,
present (3rd person singular)
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dislodged,
past participle, past
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dislodging
present participle
verb
Other Word Forms
Derived Forms
Inflected Forms
Participles
Conjugated Forms
Present
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dislodgesimple
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dislodgessimple
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have dislodgedperfect
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has dislodgedperfect
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am dislodgingprogressive
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are dislodgingprogressive
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is dislodgingprogressive
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have been dislodgingperfect progressive
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has been dislodgingperfect progressive
Past
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dislodgedsimple
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had dislodgedperfect
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was dislodgingprogressive
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were dislodgingprogressive
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had been dislodgingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of dislodge
1400–50; late Middle English disloggen < Old French desloger, equivalent to des- dis- 1 + loger to lodge
Explanation
To dislodge is to remove something. When you're choking, you need to dislodge the food from your throat. When you dislodge, you're moving something from its current position. When sumo wrestlers are going at it, they're trying to dislodge each other from their original positions. Anytime something is stuck and you want it out, it needs to be dislodged. When you're choking, food is lodged in your windpipe. That's a time when you need to dislodge quickly!
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Getting the rotting food off racks towering six stories high required hundreds of workers in protective suits to dislodge the moldering food.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
Saudi Arabia intervened the following year and fought for years to dislodge them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
An attempt by Israeli security forces to dislodge the settlers on Wednesday led to confrontations with a bigger group.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
“Reserve currencies are hard to dislodge, particularly without a clear replacement,” Cembalest wrote in a June 23 report.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 28, 2026
He finds a small one clinging to the strands of his mop and he bangs the mop against the rail to dislodge it.
From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman
“Hold on, there’s a seed stuck in here …” She dislodges the seed and goes on.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2023
The constant freezing and thawing of water in icy temperatures weakens the structure of the road and material eventually dislodges with the movement of vehicles, causing holes.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2023
In “The Phantom of the Opera,” it is the Phantom who dislodges the chandelier from the ceiling.
From New York Times ● Jan. 24, 2023
It’s rarer, but a penalty shot can also be awarded if a goalie removes his mask on a breakaway or intentionally dislodges the net.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 21, 2022
His foot dislodges a pebble and it falls into the abyss, apparently gone forever.
From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins
In March 2025, Tesla recalled over 46,000 of the vehicles because of concerns that the car’s trim could become dislodged.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 6, 2026
Titanium particles can also be dislodged during routine dental cleaning.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026
The 68-year-old was frightened and found it hard to sleep after a rogue builder left her roof with dislodged bricks and blocked gutters.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026
One possibility, a huge possibility, is that the catheter became dislodged from her vein and then was spilling the drugs into the surrounding tissue.
From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2026
Gabe leaned down, slipped off one of the sandals he was wearing, and dislodged a pebble that had been rubbing against his toe.
From "Son" by Lois Lowry
On an untreated surface, dislodging a sulfur atom requires about 30 electron volts.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 17, 2026
South of Khartoum, the RSF has pushed through the Kordofan region, after dislodging the army from its last stronghold in Darfur last year.
From Barron's ● Jan. 11, 2026
“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.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2025
You’ll recall Texas A&M dislodging itself from Jimbo Fisher in 2023 for a comical $75 million.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2025
Perhaps she was dislodging a curl of rubber band from inside her cheek, or was she really smiling?
From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison
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